Word Meaning 七夕祭り

たなばたまつり tanabatamatsuri

七夕祭り is read as たなばたまつり (tanabatamatsuri) and means Star Festival (held in July or August).

Meaning

English

  1. Star Festival (held in July or August)
  2. Tanabata
  3. Festival of the Weaver

Reading

Kana

たなばたまつり

Romaji

tanabatamatsuri

Writing Variants

  • 七夕祭 たなばたまつり tanabatamatsuri

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 106651 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

七週の祭り

ななしゅうのまつり

the Feast of Weeks

七週の祭

ななまわりのいわい

the Feast of Weeks

七夕

たなばた

Star Festival (held in July or August)

仙台七夕まつり

せんだいたなばたまつり

Sendai Tanabata Festival

七曲がり

ななまがり

tortuous or spiral (path)

七宝

しっぽう

cloisonne ware

七大州

ななだいしゅう

the seven continents

七島

しちとう

Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)

七月革命

しちがつかくめい

July Revolution (France, 1830)

七大寺

しちだいじ

the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)

七辺形

しちへんけい

heptagon

七音音階

しちおんおんかい

heptatonic scale

Example Sentences

1

The Tanabata Festival is often called the Star Festival. July 7th, the day of the festival, is said to be the only time when a pair of lovers, stars separated by the Milky Way, can see each other.