冬とう至じ南瓜かぼちゃ

noun

custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during winter and eating it on the winter solstice

A traditional Japanese custom where a pumpkin or squash is stored through winter and eaten on the winter solstice (冬至) for good health.

• 冬とう至じ南瓜かぼちゃを食たべると風邪かぜをひかないと言いわれています。

  It is said that eating a winter solstice pumpkin will keep you from catching a cold.

• 祖そ母ぼは毎まい年とし冬とう至じ南瓜かぼちゃを用よう意いしてくれます。

  My grandmother prepares a winter solstice pumpkin for us every year.