[ねのひ;ねのび, nenohi ; nenobi] (n) (1) (abbr) day of the rat (esp. the first day of the rat in the New Year); (2) (See 子の日の遊び) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots; (3) (See 子の日の松) pine shoot pulled out in such a manner
[ねのひのあそび, nenohinoasobi] (n) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the rat of the New Year)
[ねいみ, neimi] (n) (obsc) (See 子の日の遊び) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the rat of the New Year)
[こまつひき, komatsuhiki] (n) (See 子の日の遊び) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the rat of the New Year)