Word Meaning 三日夜の餅

みかよのもち mikayo no mochi

三日夜の餅 is read as みかよのもち (mikayo no mochi) and means Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony.

Meaning

English

Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

Reading

Kana

みかよのもち

Romaji

mikayo no mochi

Writing Variants

三日夜の餠 みかよのもち mikayo no mochi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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三日の餅

みかのもちい

Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

三日三夜

みっかみよ

3 days and 3 nights

三日月

みかずき

new moon

三日

みっか

3rd day of the month

三十日

みそか

last day of the month

三が日

さんがにち

first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)

五十日の餅

いかのもちい

mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day

日夜

にちや

day and night

日本三代実録

にほんさんだいじつろく

Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

日独伊三国軍事同盟

にちどくいさんごくぐんじどうめい

Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)

日本三霊山

にほんさんれいざん

Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)

両三日

りょうさんにち

two or three days