菩薩揚げ

媽姐揚げ、 菩薩揚、 媽姐揚

Reading

Kana: ぼさあげ

Romaji: bosaage

Definition

noun

1

ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)

Note: obscure term

Kanji

菩

Reading: ボ

Meanings: kind of grass, sacred tree

薩

Readings: サツ、 サチ

Meaning: Buddha

揚

Readings: ヨウ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げ、 あ.がる

Meanings: raise, elevate, hoist, praise, extol, fry in deep fat

媽

Readings: ボ、 モ、 はは

Meanings: mother, mare

姐

Readings: ソ、 シャ、 あね、 ねえさん

Meanings: elder sister, maidservant