弓場始め

Reading

Kana: ゆばはじめ

Romaji: yubahajime

Definitions

noun

1

ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)

2

first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

Kanji

弓

Readings: キュウ、 ゆみ

Meanings: bow, bow (archery, violin)

場

Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば

Meanings: location, place

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin