菊の節句

Reading

Kana: きくのせっく

Romaji: kikunosekku

Definition

noun

1

Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals)

See also: 五節句 重陽 (reading ちょうよう)

Kanji

菊

Reading: キク

Meaning: chrysanthemum

節

Readings: セツ、 セチ、 ふし、 -ぶし、 のっと

Meanings: node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

句

Reading: ク

Meanings: phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku