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    3. 姫始め

    姫始め

    姫ひめ始はじめ​

    eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsHistoryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    姫初め

    ひめはじめ

    Noun

    1.
    eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii)
    2.
    first intercourse of the New Year
    3.
    loss of virginity, loss of maidenhead
    slang

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    Characters that make up this word

    姫
    ひめ・ひめ-…(1)
    princess
    Kanji
    始
    はじ.める・-はじ.める・はじ.まる…(2)
    commence・begin
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
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