節せっ句く

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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seasonal festival

Refers to traditional Japanese festivals marking seasonal turning points, such as 五節句 (the five seasonal festivals).

端たん午ごの節せっ句くには鯉こいのぼりを飾かざります。
We display carp streamers for the Boys' Festival.
桃ももの節せっ句くは女おんなの子この成せい長ちょうを祝いわう日ひです。
The Dolls' Festival is a day to celebrate the growth of girls.

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Usage patterns

節せっ句くを祝いわうto celebrate a seasonal festival
家か族ぞくみんなで桃ももの節せっ句くを祝いわった。
The whole family celebrated the Girls' Festival together.
節せっ句くに〈物もの〉を食たべるto eat a special food for a seasonal festival
端たん午ごの節せっ句くにちまきを食たべる習しゅう慣かんがある。
There's a custom of eating chimaki on the Boys' Festival.

Kanji

節node, season, period
句phrase, clause, sentence
供submit, offer, present

Related words

祭まつりN4
祭り is the general word for a festival, local or religious, while 節句 refers specifically to one of the traditional seasonal festivals with a fixed calendar date.

Don't confuse with

節せつ分ぶん
節句 refers to any of the seasonal festivals (like Girls' Day or Boys' Day), while 節分 is specifically the day marking the change of season, especially the one before spring, associated with bean-throwing.

Word family

節せっ句く働ばたらき
working on a day off to make up for lost time or to make an impression

Written forms

節せっ句くUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling for traditional seasonal festivals.
節せっ供くUsage12%
Alternate kanji spelling, less common than 節句.
せっくUsage1%

Etymology

Composed of 節 (seasonal division) and 句 (period), referring to the traditional division of the year into seasonal festivals.