十日の菊

Reading

Kana: とおかのきく

Romaji: tookanokiku

Definition

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1

something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth

See also: 重陽

Kanji

十

Readings: ジュウ、 ジッ、 ジュッ、 とお、 と

Meaning: ten

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

菊

Reading: キク

Meaning: chrysanthemum