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    3. 赤飯

    赤飯

    赤せき飯はん

    red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

    KMT10News #33+1CoreNounFood & DiningCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    せきはん

    Noun

    1.
    red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

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    お祝いわいの日ひに赤せき飯はんを食たべます。

    We eat sekihan on celebratory days.

    KMT6Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    母ははが作つくった赤せ飯きは、もちもちしていてとても美んはもちもちして味いてとてもおいしい。

    The sekihan my mother made is chewy and very delicious.

    KMT7Food & DiningFamily & Relationships
    卒そつ業ぎょう式しきのお祝いわいに、家か族ぞくで赤せき飯はんを炊たいた。

    We cooked sekihan as a celebration for the graduation ceremony with my family.

    KMT8Food & DiningCulture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    赤せ飯きは、小んはあ豆ずきの赤あかい色いろが邪じゃ気きを払はらうと信しんじられてきた日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな料りょう理りだ。

    Sekihan is a traditional Japanese dish believed to ward off evil spirits with the red color of adzuki beans.

    KMT10Food & DiningCulture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほんでは、子こ供どもの誕たん生じょうや七しち五ご三さんなど、人じん生せいの節ふし目めに赤せき飯はんを食たべる習しゅう慣かんがある。

    In Japan, there is a custom of eating sekihan at life's milestones, such as a child's birth or Shichi-Go-San.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    赤
    あか・あか-・あか.い・あか.らむ・あか.らめる…(5)
    red
    飯
    めし…(5)
    meal・boiled rice
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