hanami
Language: Japanese · [hanami] · Pronunciation: hah-NAH-mee
Meaning
flower viewing: a picnic under the cherry blossoms
The story
Hana is flower, mi is viewing, and the national news runs a blossom forecast so nobody misses the week. Offices send a junior ahead at dawn to hold a spot under the best tree. English can have it as blossom viewing, forecast not included.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Japanese
- When does it happen?
- Two spring weeks, blossom permitting
- How old is the custom?
- Heian court, over a thousand years
- What does it mean?
- A picnic held under blossoming cherry trees
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