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    3. 端午

    端午

    端たん午ご

    Boys' Day celebration (May 5)

    KMT10News #47+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    端五

    たんご

    Noun

    1.
    Boys' Day celebration (May 5)
    2.
    Dragon Boat Festival (China)

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    5月がついつかはたん5日せっは端く午での節 句 です。

    May 5th is Tango no Sekku (Children's Day).

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    端たん午ごの節せっ句くには、鯉こいのぼりを飾おかざります。

    On Tango no Sekku, we display koinobori (carp streamers).

    KMT10Culture & Traditions
    端たん午ごの節せっ句くは、男おとこの子この健すこやかな成せい長ちょうを願ねがう伝でん統とう的てきな行ぎょう事じです。

    Tango no Sekku is a traditional event to pray for the healthy growth of boys.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    中ちゅう国ごくでは、端たん午ごの節せっ句くにちまきを食たべる習しゅう慣かんがあります。

    In China, there is a custom of eating chimaki (rice dumplings) on the Dragon Boat Festival.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsFood & Dining
    端たん午ごの節せっ句くの飾かざり付つけは、家か族ぞくにとって大たい切せつな年ねん中じゅう行ぎょ事うじの一ひとつです。

    Decorating for Tango no Sekku is one of the important annual events for families.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    端
    はし・は・はた・-ばた・はな…(3)
    edge・origin・end・point・border…(2)
    午
    うま…(1)
    noon・sign of the horse・11AM-1PM・seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
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