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    3. 七草

    七草

    七なな草くさ

    the seven spring flowers

    KMT9News #34+1NounFood & DiningCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    七種

    ななくさ

    Noun

    1.
    the seven spring flowers
    abbreviation
    2.
    the seven fall flowers, the seven autumn flowers
    abbreviation
    3.
    the seventh of January, Festival of Seven Herbs
    abbreviation

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    1月がつなのかには7日くさには七が草ゆを粥たを食 べます。

    We eat nanakusa-gayu on January 7th.

    KMT7Food & DiningCulture & TraditionsDaily Life
    母はは毎はまい年とし、美お味いしい七なな草くさ粥がゆを作つくってくれる。

    My mother makes delicious nanakusa-gayu every year.

    KMT8Food & DiningFamily & Relationships
    七なな草くさ粥がゆを食たべる習しゅう慣かんは、病びょう気きを払はらうと言いわれている。

    The custom of eating nanakusa-gayu is said to ward off illness.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFood & DiningMedicine & Health
    秋あきの七なな草くさは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな庭てい園えんでよく鑑かん賞しょうされる。

    The seven autumn flowers are often admired in traditional Japanese gardens.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsNature & EnvironmentArt & Design
    春はるの七なな草くさは、お正しょう月がつの豪ごう華かな食しょく事じで疲つかれた胃いを休やすめるために伝でん統とう的てきに食たべられる。

    The seven herbs of spring are traditionally eaten to rest the stomach after the New Year's feast.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsFood & DiningMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    七
    なな・なな.つ・なの…(5)
    seven
    草
    くさ・くさ-・-ぐさ…(3)
    grass・weeds・herbs・pasture・write…(1)
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