expression

  1. first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month, traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
初午 はつうま

Contained Kanji Breakdown

first time, beginning
ショ はじ.め はつ (4th, N3)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)
noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM
ゴ うま (2nd, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)