食くい初ぞめ

noun

first meal ceremony; 100-day celebration

A traditional Japanese ceremony held when a baby is about 100 days old, where the baby is symbolically fed solid food for the first time to wish for a life free from hunger. Often called お食い初め.

See also: お食い初め

• 赤あかちゃんの生せい後ご100日にち目めに食くい初ぞめを行おこなった。

  We held the first meal ceremony on the baby's 100th day after birth.

• 食くい初ぞめでは、小ちいさな箸はしで赤あかちゃんに食たべさせる真似まねをする。

  At the weaning ceremony, we pretend to feed the baby with small chopsticks.