五月の節句

ごがつのせっく

Boy's Festival

句節

くせつ くぶし

phrases and clauses

節句

せっく

seasonal festival

五節

ごせつ ごせち

the five festivals (Jan 7th, March 3rd, May 5th, July 7th and Sep 9th)

五旬節

ごじゅんせつ ごしゅんぶし

pentecost

五言絶句

ごごんぜっく

poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters

節句働き

せっくばたらき

working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)

女の節句

おんなのせっく

Girl's Festival (March 3)

男の節句

おとこのせっく

Boy's Day celebration (May 5)

菊の節句

きくのせっく

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

桃の節句

もものせっく

dolls festival (March 3rd), peach festival

七草の節句

ななくさのせっく

Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (7th of January), one of the 5 seasonal festivals

端午の節句

たんごのせっく

Boy's Day celebration (May 5th)

三月の節句

さんがつのせっく

Girls' Festival (March 3rd), Dolls' Festival

句

く

phrase

五七五

ごしちご

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

五

ウー ご いつ い

five

句会

くかい

gathering of haiku poets

中句

ちゅうく

middle part of the verse