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    3. お中元

    お中元

    お​中ちゅう元げん

    mid-year gift

    KMT6CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    御中元

    おちゅうげん

    Noun

    1.
    mid-year gift, summer gift

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    Speed1.0x

    お中ちゅう元げんを贈おくる時じ期きです。

    It's time to send mid-year gifts.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    毎まい年とし、お世せ話わになっている方かたにお中ちゅう元げんを送おくります。

    Every year, I send mid-year gifts to those who have helped me.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    日に本ほんの夏なつには、お中ちゅう元げんという贈おくり物ものの文ぶん化かがあります。

    In Japanese summer, there is a gift-giving culture called O-chugen.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    最さい近きんでは、お中ちゅう元げんの習しゅう慣かんも簡かん略りゃく化かされる傾けい向こうにある。

    Recently, the custom of mid-year gifts tends to be simplified.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    デパートでは、お中ちゅう元げん商しょう戦せんが早はやくも始はじまっている。

    At department stores, the O-chugen sales battle has already begun.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    中
    なか・うち・あた.る…(3)
    in・inside・middle・mean・center
    Kanji
    元
    もと…(7)
    beginning・former time・origin
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
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