節分
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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節 | 分 |
せつ Grade: 4 |
ぶん Grade: 2 |
kan’on | goon |
Alternative spelling |
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節分 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 節 (setsu, “season”) + 分 (bun, “division, separation”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (archaic) any of the four named days that mark the division between two seasons:
- (by extension) a celebration on the day before Risshun or the beginning of spring, notable for the hanging of sardine heads with holly leaves and scattering of roasted soybeans at the entrance of houses
Proper noun[edit]
- a kyogen play set on the night of Setsubun where a female house-sitter tricks a demon using magical items, culminating in her throwing roasted soybeans to drive it away
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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節 | 分 |
せち Grade: 4 |
ぶん Grade: 2 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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節分 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 節 (sechi, “season”) + 分 (bun, “division, separation”). Uses the 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading of sechi instead of the usual setsu for the first kanji, and is likely the older reading.
Noun[edit]
- (archaic) any of the four named first days of the lunisolar calendar that mark the division between two seasons
- (archaic, especially) the day before Risshun or the beginning of spring
Etymology 3[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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節 | 分 |
せち Grade: 4 |
ぶ Grade: 2 |
goon | kan’yōon |
Alternative spelling |
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節分 (kyūjitai) |
Shift from sechibun above, dropping the final -n.
Noun[edit]
- (archaic, obsolete) any of the four named first days of the lunisolar calendar that mark the division between two seasons
See also[edit]
- 節気 (sekki)
References[edit]
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