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冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさい (kankonsousai)

ceremonial occasions

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冠婚葬祭 (かんこんそうさい, kankonsousai) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “ceremonial occasions”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

日本にっぽんでは冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさいに黒くろを着きるのが普通ふつうです

It is usual to wear black for ceremonial occasions in Japan.

「冠婚葬祭」の「冠」はこのことである。

The "kan" in "kankonsosai" refers to this.

姉は茶道家・冠婚葬祭評論家の塩月弥栄子。

His sister is Yaeko SHIOZUKI, a master of the tea ceremony and ceremonial occasions critic.

近ごろ冠婚葬祭がますます派手になりつつある.

Ceremonies marking rites of passage are becoming ever more extravagant these days.

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