Word Meaning 鍬初め

くわはじめ kuwahajime

鍬初め is read as くわはじめ (kuwahajime) and means New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction.

Meaning

English

  1. New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction

Reading

Kana

くわはじめ

Romaji

kuwahajime

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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くわ

hoe

月初め

つきはじめ

beginning of the month

書き初め

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first calligraphy of the year

出初め

でぞめ

debut

年度初め

ねんどはじめ

beginning of the (fiscal) year

仮初め

かりそめ

trifling

為初め

しそめ

outset

弾き初め

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initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

着初め

きぞめ

first wearing (of new clothes)

仕初め

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resuming work after the New Year's vacation