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初夢 [ichi1,news2,nf46]
はつゆめ [ichi1,news2,nf46]
1. [n]
▶ first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck)
2. [n] [arch]
▶ dream on the night of setsubun
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1386340 節分 1. setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony



History:
4. A 2023-01-04 20:24:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Simplifying.
  Diff:
@@ -18,2 +18 @@
-<s_inf>believed to foretell one's luck in the new year</s_inf>
-<gloss>first dream of the year (on the first or second night)</gloss>
+<gloss>first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck)</gloss>
3. A* 2023-01-04 16:56:57  Opencooper
  Refs:
* wisdom: one's first dream on the second (or sometimes the first) night of the New Year.
* meikyo: ◇ふつう元日の夜または二日の夜に見る夢をいう。

* luminous: 【日英比較】 欧米では初夢にまつわる言い習わしがないので, このように英語に訳したとしても, 日本で初夢がどう考えられているのかを説明しなければ, その意味を理解してもらえない.
* genius: 《欧米では初夢という概念はない;次例のように説明できる》
    日本では初夢はその年の吉凶を占う夢だと信じられている
    In Japan it is believed that hatsuyume, the first dream of the new year, foretells your fortune for the new year.
* gg5: one's first dream in the New Year 《symbolic images such as Mt. Fuji are held to be auspicious》.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume
  Comments:
Merits further explanation of the cultural context.
  Diff:
@@ -18 +18,8 @@
-<gloss>first dream of the year</gloss>
+<s_inf>believed to foretell one's luck in the new year</s_inf>
+<gloss>first dream of the year (on the first or second night)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1386340">節分・1</xref>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<gloss>dream on the night of setsubun</gloss>
2. A 2020-01-17 07:02:12  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2020-01-17 06:29:22  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>year's first dream</gloss>
+<gloss>first dream of the year</gloss>

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