雛祭り

雛祭り

Japanese

雛祭り (Hina matsuri): a Hina matsuri store display featuring all 7 tiers of the dolls' imperial court.

Kanji in this term
雛	祭
ひな Jinmeiyō	まつ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 雛 (hina, “doll”) +‎ 祭り (matsuri, “festival”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひなま​つり [hìnámáꜜtsùrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [çina̠ma̠t͡sɨᵝɾʲi]

Proper noun

雛祭り (hiragana ひなまつり, rōmaji Hina Matsuri)

1. The Japanese festival of Hina matsuri, held on 3 March.

   Also known as "Girls' Day" or the "Doll Festival", wherein most families with girls pray for their young girls' growth and future happiness. Celebrated with displays of dolls representing the imperial court, before which are placed offerings such as diamond-shaped mochi (doughy rice cakes), white sake, and peach blossoms. Also called 桃の節句 (Momo no Sekku, “the Peach Festival”) as Hina matsuri occurs during the peach blossom season on the old lunar calendar.

See also

• 菱餅 (ひしもち) (hishimochi): diamond-shaped mochi
• 白酒 (しろざけ) (shirozake): white sake
• 雛 (ひな) (hina): a type of doll
• 人形 (にんぎょう) (ningyō): a doll in general

Further reading

• 日本の祭り (List of festivals in Japan) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• List of festivals in Japan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN