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Otsukimi

Otsukimi proper noun: a moon-viewing festival in the fall (autumn).

Proper noun

Otsukimi

  1. A moon-viewing festival in the fall (autumn).
    • I was always interested to see which of the Japanese customs belonged to the Palace and which to the world outside the Palace. O Bon, or the Festival of the Dead in midsummer, was a festival of the people, as also was Otsukimi, or Moon-Viewing. I have delightful memories of a party in the country...1952, Elizabeth Gray Vining, Windows for the Crown Prince, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., →OCLC, page 230
    • The fact that Japanese people have gazed at and felt affection for the Moon since ancient times is also apparent from folklore, such as the story of the Moon Rabbit. And although Otsukimi (moon-viewing) festivals seem to have originated in China, the custom of appreciating the Moon is said to have...2011, Kenji Ishikawa, Kiyoshi Kawabata, The Manga Guide to the Universe, San Francisco: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 22

Examples of Otsukimi in a sentence

  • O Bon, or the Festival of the Dead in midsummer, was a festival of the people, as also was Otsukimi, or Moon-Viewing.1952, Elizabeth Gray Vining, Windows for the Crown Prince, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., →OCLC, page 230:
  • When the harvest moon arrives, people gather for the Otsukimi festival to celebrate with foods that remind us of the moon, like chestnuts, sunny-side up eggs, and dumplings.2021, Julia Momosé, Emma Janzen, The Way of the Cocktail: Japanese Traditions, Techniques, and Recipes, →ISBN, page 228:

Forms of Otsukimi

alternative formO-Tsukimi
alternative formTsukimi

Origin of Otsukimi

Borrowed from Japanese お月見 (o-tsukimi).

Questions about Otsukimi

What does Otsukimi mean?
Otsukimi means a moon-viewing festival in the fall (autumn).
How do you use Otsukimi in a sentence?
O Bon, or the Festival of the Dead in midsummer, was a festival of the people, as also was Otsukimi, or Moon-Viewing.
What part of speech is Otsukimi?
Otsukimi is a proper noun.

Words near Otsukimi in the dictionary

  1. OTSOG
  2. Otsosaht
  3. otsu
  4. Otsuka
  5. Otsukas
  6. Otsukimi
  7. ott
  8. otta
  9. ottah
  10. ottar
  11. ottariid

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