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    3. お節

    お節

    お​節せち

    osechi

    KMT9Ref L1NounFood & DiningCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    御節

    おせち

    Noun

    1.
    osechi, food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
    abbreviationword usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 16

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    お正しょう月がつにはお節せちを食たべる。

    We eat Osechi during New Year's.

    KMT6Food & DiningCulture & TraditionsDaily Life
    お節せち料りょう理りには、それぞれ縁えん起ぎの良よい意い味みが込こめられている。

    Each dish in Osechi cuisine has an auspicious meaning.

    KMT8Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    母ははが毎まい年と手しづ作くりするお節せちは、家か族ぞくみんなの楽たのしみだ。

    The Osechi my mother makes by hand every year is a joy for the whole family.

    KMT9Food & DiningCulture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    最さい近きんでは、伝でん統とう的てきなお節せちだけでなく、洋よう風ふうや中ちゅう華か風ふうのお節せちも人にん気きを集あつめている。

    Recently, not only traditional Osechi but also Western-style and Chinese-style Osechi are gaining popularity.

    KMT9Food & DiningCulture & TraditionsDaily Life
    デパートでは、年ねん末まつになると豪ごう華かなお節せちの予よ約やくが始はじまる。

    At department stores, reservations for luxurious Osechi begin at the end of the year.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFood & DiningBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    節
    ふし・-ぶし・のっと…(3)
    node・season・period・occasion・verse…(9)
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
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