謝肉祭

謝肉祭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
謝	肉	祭
しゃ Grade: 5	にく Grade: 2	さい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

謝 (しゃ) (sha, “to refuse”) + 肉 (にく) (niku, “meat”) + 祭 (さい) (sai, “celebration”). Calque of Latin carnem levare (“to put away meat”), a probable origin of the word carnival itself.

Noun

謝肉祭 (hiragana しゃにくさい, rōmaji shanikusai)

1. carnival, a festival held just before the beginning of Lent

   Synonym: カーニバル