灯籠流し

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Japanese

 灯籠流し on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
灯 籠 流
とう
Grade: 4 		ろう
Grade: S 		なが
Grade: 3
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

灯籠(とうろう) (tōrō, “lantern”) + 流(なが)し (nagashi, “flowing”).

Pronunciation

Noun

灯(とう)籠(ろう)流(なが)し • (tōrōnagashi) 

  1. tōrō nagashi (the custom of floating paper lanterns down a river especially at the end of the Bon Festival)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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