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起工式 (きこうしき) — groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony | Kumi Dictionary

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起工式

起工式

起き工こう式しき

groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony

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きこうしき

Noun

1.

groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony

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Kanji that make up this word

お.きる・お.こる・お.こす・おこ.す・た.つ…(1)

rouse・wake up・get up

craft・construction・katakana e radical (no. 48)

style・ceremony・rite・function・method…(3)

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