Word Meaning 二十三夜
にじゅうさんや
nijuusanya
二十三夜 is read as にじゅうさんや (nijuusanya) and means 23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month).
Meaning
English
- 23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month)
- moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month
Reading
Kana
にじゅうさんや
Romaji
nijuusanya
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12一都一道二府四十三県
いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper
二十日正月
はつかしょうがつ
twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)
十日夜
とおかや
Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)