Japan Study March

三月　弥生　やよい Yayoi means “to grow more and more.” Japanese “Groundhog Day” Keichitsu is around march the 6th. On this day, the creatures come out of the ground, birds begin to sing, and flowers and trees start to bloom. 三日　ひな祭り 12日　お水取り 21日ころ　節分の日三月は『弥生』とも呼ばれます。『弥生』とはますます成長すると言う意味です。三月三日は『ひな祭り』です。女の子のいる家ではひな人形を飾り、桃の花やなの花を生けます。ちらし寿司、花栗の吸い物、ひなあられや白酒などを用意して、友達や親戚の人を招いて、ひな祭りをします。また、三日は『耳の日』です。アラビア数字の３が耳の形に似ていることと、三がミと読めることから、ミミの日になりました。ミミの健康を考える日です。日本の学校は四月に始まって三月に終わるので、このつきには卒業式、終業式が行われます。卒業式では幼稚園から大学までの、最終学年の生徒達は卒業証書をもらいます。式の後、長い間お世話になった先生に感謝の気持ちを表して、謝恩会が開かれます。父母が参加することもあります。卒業式や終業式が終わると、学校は春休みになります。会社や銀行も三月は1年の区切りのつきなので、転勤、転校、引越しが多い季節です。 12日の真夜中には奈良の東大寺二月堂『お水取り』が行われます。これは関西地方では春をつげる大切な行事の一つです。 21日ごろは『春分の日』です。昼や夜の長さが同じになる日です。この前後1週間を『お彼岸』と言って、家族そろってお墓参りをします。『暑さ寒さも彼岸まで』と昔から言うように、春のお彼岸が来ると寒さが終わって春になり、秋のお彼岸が来ると、寒さが終わって秋になります。漢字の読み方 the way to read kanji 弥生やよい grow more and more　成長するせいちょうする grow　意味いみ meaning　三日みっか3rd　人形にんぎょう doll　生けますいけますarrange show　ちらし寿司ちらしずしplate of sushi　吸い物すいものsoup/something else who can drink　白酒しろざけwhite wine　用意してよういしてprepare　友達ともだちfriends　親戚しんせきrelatives　数字すうじnumber　形かたちshape　似ているにているsimilar　健康けんこうhealthy　考えるかんがえるconsider　始まってはじまってbegin　終わるおわるfinish　卒業式そつぎょうしきgraduate event　終業式しゅうぎょうしきend of school period　行われますおこなわれますheld　幼稚園ようちえんkinder garden　最終学年さいしゅうがくねんschool closing ceremony 生徒せいとstudent　卒業証書そつぎょうしょうしょ　式しきevent　後あとafter　お世話おせわtake care 感謝かんしゃthankful　気持ちきもちfeeling　表してあらわしてexpress　謝恩会しゃおんかいappreciation ceremonies　開かれますひらかれますopen　父母ふぼparents　参加するさんかするjoin　決算期けっさんきday of decision　所得税確定申告しょとくぜいかくていしんこくreport income tax　区切りくぎりsplit side　転勤てんきんjob transfer　転校てんこうschool transfer　引越しひっこしmove　季節きせつseasonal　真夜中まよなかmidnight　奈良ならa place who near japan　東大寺とうだいじTemple faction care 二月堂にがつどうCongregate in the hall in February お水取りおみずとりTake water for waterfowl　関西地方かいさいちほうThe world market than the Kansai region　大切なたいせつなimportant　行事ぎょうじevent　一つひとつone　春分の日しゅんぶんのひVernal Equinox Day (Mar- exact date varies)　昼ひるevening　夜よるnight　同じおなじsame　前後ぜんごbefore after　お彼岸おひがんBiased!/split side and head to start　家族かぞくfamily　お墓参りおはかまいりYour visit to a grave暑さあつさhot　寒ささむさcold　昔むかしlast time　来るくるcome The month of March is also called Yayoi. Yayoi means to grow more and more. March 3rd is the Hina Doll Festival. Families who have daughters display a set of hina dolls and arrangements of peach-blossoms and rape-blossoms. Special foods such as chirashizushi, clear soup with clams, hina arare and white, sweet sake are prepared, and friends and relatives are invite to the Hina Doll Festival. The 3rd is also “Ears Day”. The shape of the Arabic numeral 3 resembles that of an ear, and the numeral 3 can be read in Japanese as mi, so March 3rd [3/3] sounds like mi-mi* and the day is called Mimi no Hi—“Ears Day.” This is the day to think about the care of the ears. The school year in Japan begins in April and ends in March, so this is the month that commencement and school closing ceremonies are held. At commencement ceremony, the students give a shaonkai party in honor of their teachers, to show appreciation for their guidance. Parents sometimes participate as well. When the graduation and school closing ceremonies are over, spring holidays begin. Many companies and banks have designated March as the month for settling the year’s accounts, and it is also the month for filling income tax returns. As march is the end of fiscal year, it is the busy season for transfer – jobs, schools, and moving to new houses. Late in the night of March the 12th, Omizutori, the Water-Drawing Caremony, is held at Nigatsudo Hall of Todaiji Temple in Nara. In the Kansai area of Japan, this is an important event to herald the coming of spring. The Spring Equinox comes around the 21st. This is the day when daylight and nighttime become exactly equal. The week around this day is called O-higan, and families go together to visit the graves of their ancestors. An old proverb says, “Neither hear nor cold lasts over the Equinox.” By the time of the Spring Equinox, the winter cold is over and spring is here; by the time of the Autumn Equinox, the summer heat is over and the autumn has arrived. ,[object Object]

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