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    3. 山鉾

    山鉾

    山やま鉾ぼこ

    festival float mounted with a decorative halberd

    KMT10News #35+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab17 strokes

    やまぼこ

    Noun

    1.
    festival float mounted with a decorative halberd

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    祇ぎ園おん祭まつりでは大おおきな山やま鉾ぼこが町まちを巡じゅん行こうします。

    Large festival floats (yamaboko) parade through the town during the Gion Festival.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    山やま鉾ぼこの装そう飾しょくは毎まい年とし異ことなり、その精せい巧こうさに多 くの人ひと々びとが魅み了りょうされる。

    The decorations of the yamaboko floats differ each year, and many people are fascinated by their elaborate craftsmanship.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    山やま鉾ぼこの組くみ立たてには、釘くぎを一いっ本ぽんも使つかわない伝でん統とう的てきな木もっ工こう技ぎ術じゅつが用もちいられている。

    The assembly of the yamaboko floats employs traditional woodworking techniques that use not a single nail.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignTechnology
    祇ぎ園おん祭まつりの山やま鉾ぼこ巡じゅん行こうは、千せん年ねん以い上じょう続つづく京きょう都との歴れき史しと文ぶん化かの象しょう徴ちょうである。

    The yamaboko parade of the Gion Festival is a symbol of Kyoto's history and culture, which has continued for over a thousand years.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistoryTravel & Transportation
    地ち域いき住じゅう民みんが協きょう力りょくして山やま鉾ぼこを曳ひき、祭まつりの一いっ体たい感かんを高たかめる。

    Local residents cooperate to pull the yamaboko floats, enhancing the sense of unity at the festival.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsDaily LifeFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    山
    やま…(5)
    mountain
    鉾
    ほこ…(2)
    halberd・arms・festival float
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