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謝肉祭

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しゃ
Grade: 5
にく
Grade: 2
さい
Grade: 3
kan'on goon

Etymology

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(しゃ) (sha, to refuse) + (にく) (niku, meat) + (さい) (sai, celebration). Calque of Latin carnem levare (to put away meat), a probable origin of the word carnival itself.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しゃ)(にく)(さい) (shanikusai

  1. carnival, a festival held just before the beginning of Lent
    Synonym: カーニバル (kānibaru)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN