謝肉祭

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
謝 肉 祭
しゃ
Grade: 5 		にく
Grade: 2 		さい
Grade: 3
kan'on goon

Etymology

謝(しゃ) (sha, “to refuse”) + 肉(にく) (niku, “meat”) + 祭(さい) (sai, “celebration”). Calque of Latin carnem levare (“to put away meat”), a probable origin of the word carnival itself.

Pronunciation

Noun

謝(しゃ)肉(にく)祭(さい) • (shanikusai) 

  1. carnival, a festival held just before the beginning of Lent
    Synonym: カーニバル (kānibaru)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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