Word Meaning 七草粥
ななくさがゆ
nanakusagayu
七草粥 is read as ななくさがゆ (nanakusagayu) and means rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring.
Meaning
English
- rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring
Reading
Kana
ななくさがゆ
Romaji
nanakusagayu
Writing Variants
- 七種粥 ななくさがゆ nanakusagayu
- 七草がゆ ななくさがゆ nanakusagayu
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12七草の節句
ななくさのせっく
Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (one of the five seasonal festivals; celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar)
春の七草
はるのななくさ
seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
秋の七草
あきのななくさ
seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)