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kakizome

kakizome noun: the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year.

Noun

kakizome (uncountable)

  1. The first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year.

Origin of kakizome

Borrowed from Japanese 書き初め.

Questions about kakizome

What does kakizome mean?
Kakizome means the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year.
What part of speech is kakizome?
Kakizome is a noun.

Words near kakizome in the dictionary

  1. kakistocrat
  2. kakistocratic
  3. kakistocrats
  4. kakivak
  5. kakivaks
  6. kakizome
  7. kakkak
  8. kakkalide
  9. kakkatin
  10. kakke
  11. kakked

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