Word Meaning ひな祭り

ひなまつり hinamatsuri

ひな祭り is read as ひなまつり (hinamatsuri) and means Hinamatsuri (March 3).

Meaning

English

  1. Hinamatsuri (March 3)
  2. Girls' Festival
  3. Dolls' Festival

Reading

Kana

ひなまつり

Romaji

hinamatsuri

Writing Variants

  • 雛祭り ひなまつり hinamatsuri

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 24883 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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後の祭り

あとのまつり

a day after the fair

夏祭り

なつまつり

summer festival

秋祭り

あきまつり

autumn festival

大祭り

おおまつり

grand festival

年祭り

としまつり

annual festival

子祭り

ねまつり

festival in honor of Daikokuten

七週の祭り

ななしゅうのまつり

the Feast of Weeks

田植え祭り

たうえまつり

seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

村祭り

むらまつり

village festival

七夕祭り

たなばたまつり

Star Festival (held in July or August)

夜祭り

よまつり

night festival

港祭り

みなとまつり

port festival

Example Sentences

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March 3 is the day of the Dolls' Festival.

If Jane's mother were in Japan, I could invite her to the Doll's Festival.

March 3rd is a Girls' Day, the traditional Japanese festival held to wish girls both health and growth.

Though the Hinamatsuri was originally for both boys and girls, it is now just for girls.

It is not known when the Hinamatsuri first started, but the Nagashibina, in its most primitive form, was already being celebrated during the Heian period.