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仕掛け花火 (shikakehanabi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仕し掛かけ花はな火び

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び

Meanings

1

fireworks piece; set piece

Refers to a single firework or a constructed fireworks display piece, as opposed to the overall event or a simple firecracker.

夏なつ祭まつりで大おおきな仕し掛かけ花はな火びが打うち上

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げ

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A large fireworks piece was launched at the summer festival.

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
掛hang, suspend, depend
花flower
火fire

Related words

花はな火び
花火 is the general term for fireworks as a whole or the event; 仕掛け花火 specifically refers to an individual constructed piece or set piece.

Built from

仕し掛かける+花はな火び

Etymology

Compound of 仕掛け (mechanism, device) and 花火 (fireworks), literally 'mechanism fireworks', referring to a constructed fireworks piece.