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jmdict 1536620 Active (id: 1149731)
夜宮； 宵宮
【 よみや 】
1. [n]
▶ festival-eve vigil
▶ eve of a festival vigil
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1742980 宵祭り【よいまつり】 1. small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival
  ⇐ see: 2598430 宵山【よいやま】 1. small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)



History:
2. A 2013-12-02 03:57:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
GG5
  Comments: 
Let's have both.
  Diff: 
@@ -15,0 +15,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1742980">宵祭り・よいまつり</xref>
+<gloss>festival-eve vigil</gloss>
1. A* 2013-12-02 02:14:05  Stephen Suloway <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
More correct would be "festival-eve vigil".
Or "festival-eve festival events" since I think they are a bit more raucous than a vigil, as at the Ôtsu Matsuri.

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