亥の子 – Vocabulary details

亥いの子こ

Meanings

Noun

1. erster Tag des Wildschweins im zehnten Monat nach dem Mondkalender

2. Erntedank-Fest (an diesem Tag)

3. Inoko-Mochi (die an diesem Tag gegessen werden)

Kanji used

亥

sign of the boar

子

child

Pitch accent

い

のこ

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の

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Used in: 3

Composed of

亥い

the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar

子こ

Kind; Säugling; Junge; Junges; Brut; Wurf

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

亥いの子こ餅もち

day-of-the-Boar mochi (made with new grains)

亥いの子この祝いわい

Day-of-the-Boar Festival