Word Meaning

ろう rou

臘 is read as ろう (rou) and means offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice.

Meaning

English

  1. offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice
  2. twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
  3. year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)

Reading

Kana

ろう

Romaji

rou

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

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ろうげつになると、まちはしょうがつのじゅんびでいそがしくなる。

When the twelfth lunar month arrives, the town gets busy preparing for the new year.

そふはろうげつのさむさがいちばんきびしいといっていた。

My grandfather used to say that the cold in the twelfth lunar month is the harshest.

ろうげつのいちでは、ほしざかなやもちがたくさんうられていた。

At the market in the twelfth lunar month, a lot of dried fish and rice cakes were sold.

そのむらでは、ろうげつのおわりにおおきなまつりがひらかれる。

In that village, a large festival is held at the end of the twelfth lunar month.

ろうげつのよるはながく、ひばちのそばでかぞくとはなした。

The nights in the twelfth lunar month are long, and I talked with my family by the brazier.

かれはろうげつにはいるまえにしゃっきんをかえしたかった。

He wanted to pay back his debt before the twelfth lunar month began.

ふるいにっきには、ろうげつのゆきげしきがこまかくしるされている。

The old diary describes the snowy scenery of the twelfth lunar month in detail.

ろうげつのかぜがふくと、ことしもおわりがちかいとかんじる。

When the wind of the twelfth lunar month blows, I feel that the year is drawing to a close.

しょうにんたちはろうげつのうちにちょうぼをせいりした。

The merchants put their account books in order during the twelfth lunar month.