| 中夜 | [ちゅうや, chuuya] (n) (1) { Buddh } (See 六時) midnight period; midnight service; (2) (arch) winter solstice [Add to Longdo] |
| 冬至 | [とうじ, touji] (n, adj-no) (See 二十四節気) winter solstice; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 冬至粥 | [とうじがゆ, toujigayu] (n) azuki bean rice gruel eaten on the day of the winter solstice (to chase away demons that spread contagious diseases) [Add to Longdo] |
| 冬至南瓜;冬至カボチャ | [とうじかぼちゃ(冬至南瓜);とうじカボチャ(冬至カボチャ), toujikabocha ( touji kabocha ); touji kabocha ( touji kabocha )] (n) custom of keeping a pumpkin or squash during the winter and eating it on the day of the winter solstice [Add to Longdo] |
| 臘 | [ろう, rou] (n) (1) { Buddh } offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; (2) twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; (3) (See 臈) year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) [Add to Longdo] |