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小正月
【 こしょうがつ 】
1. [n]
▶ Little New Year (festival held on January 15)
▶ 14th-16th days of the New Year
▶ Koshōgatsu
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2831820 墨付け正月【すみつけしょうがつ】 1. event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)
  ⇐ see: 2770350 嫁の尻たたき【よめのしりたたき】 1. traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility
  ⇐ see: 2828153 大正月【おおしょうがつ】 1. first seven days of the year
  ⇐ see: 2828146 元宵節【げんしょうせつ】 1. lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
  ⇐ see: 2626090 土竜打ち【もぐらうち】 1. driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an event on Koshōgatsu)
  ⇐ see: 2770450 粥占【かゆうら】 1. rice porridge divination; harvest divination carried out during Koshōgatsu
  ⇐ see: 2770370 嫁祝い【よめいわい】 1. traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
  ⇐ see: 2770320 生り木責め【なりきぜめ】 1. traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree
  ⇐ see: 2770310 祝い棒【いわいぼう】 1. sacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshōgatsu ceremonies
  ⇐ see: 2770380 嫁たたき【よめたたき】 1. traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
  ⇐ see: 2828154 女正月【おんなしょうがつ】 1. 15th day of the New Year (when women would belatedly do their New Year's greetings or go back to their parents' homes; in Kyoto and Osaka)



History:
8. A 2022-01-02 21:08:52  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2022-01-02 15:12:30  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
shorter and matches what's in kokugos

I think this is largely [hist] (bht maybe not entirely)
  Diff: 
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>14th-16th days of the first month of the year</gloss>
+<gloss>14th-16th days of the New Year</gloss>
6. A 2021-12-20 07:18:31  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>Koshogatsu</gloss>
+<gloss>Koshōgatsu</gloss>
5. A 2019-03-25 10:39:46  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>Little New Year (festival held on January 15th)</gloss>
+<gloss>Little New Year (festival held on January 15)</gloss>
4. A 2017-03-31 18:55:14  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Doesn't hurt to include it.
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