Word Meaning 鏡開き

かがみびらき kagamibiraki

鏡開き is read as かがみびらき (kagamibiraki) and means cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th).

Meaning

English

cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th)
traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.

Reading

Kana

かがみびらき

Romaji

kagamibiraki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 89893 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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鏡

かがみ

barrel head

鏡台

きょうだい

dresser

鏡面

きょうめん

mirror surface

鏡面仕上げ

きょうめんしあげ

mirror finish

鏡面反射指数

きょうめんはんしゃしすう

specular exponent

鏡花水月

きょうかすいげつ

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface

鏡面反射係数

きょうめんはんしゃけいすう

specular reflection coefficient

鏡映文字

きょうえいもじ

mirror writing

鏡文字

かがみもじ

mirror writing

鏡面反射色

きょうめんはんしゃしょく

specular colour

鏡面反射

きょうめんはんしゃ

specular reflection

鏡の間

かがみのま

hall of mirrors (at Versailles)