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Reading challenge - Article on seasonal festivals

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食育(しょくいく)

dietary education, nutrition education, food education


献立(こんだて)

menu, bill of fare; program, programme, schedule


重陽(ちょうよう)

Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)


節(セツ、ふし、セチ)

season, period; occasion; verse, clause, stanza, melody, memorial day, tone


季節(きせつ)

season, time of year


都民(とみん)

city populace, resident of Tokyo


節句(せっく)

seasonal festival


並ぶ(ならぶ)

to line up, to stand in a line; to rival, to match, to equal


五節句(ごせっく)

the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)


別名(べつめい)

alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume, different name, other name


現在(げんざい)

now, current, present, present time, as of


菊(キク)

chrysanthemum


昔(むかし、セキ、シャク)

once upon a time, antiquity, old times


旧暦(きゅうれき)

Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar


咲く(さく)

to bloom


酒(さけ、さか〜、シュ)

sake, alcohol


給食(きゅうしょく)

provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.), providing a meal, lunch service


使(つかう、シ)

use


甘味噌(あまみそ)

low-salt miso, sweet miso


小松菜(こまつな)

Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)


ゆかり

connection (to a person, place, etc.), relation, affinity


深川飯(ふかがわめし)

fukagawa-meshi, rice cooked with clams


郷土料理(きょうどりょうり)

regional cuisine, local cuisine


ちなむ

to be associated (with), to be connected (with)


品種(ひんしゅ)

kind (of goods), brand; (taxonomical) form; breed, cultivar


黄色い(きいろい)

yellow; high-pitched (voice), shrill


青森県(あおもりけん)

Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)


和え物(あえもの)

chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce


風習(ふうしゅう)

custom


願い(ねがい)

desire, wish, request, prayer, petition, application


不老長寿(ふろうちょうじゅ)

perpetual youth and longevity


浮かぶ(うかぶ)

to float, to be suspended; to rise to surface; to come to mind, to have inspiration




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