過越の祭

すぎこしのまつり すぎこしまつり

Passover

越

Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE)

過

か

surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words), excess-, over-

過去は過去

かこはかこ

the past is the past; let bygones be bygones

反越

はんえつ

anti-Vietnam

越光

こしひかり コシヒカリ

Koshihikari (variety of rice)

羅越

らえつ

Malay peninsula country during the Tang dynasty

越語

えつご

Vietnamese (language)

越僑

えっきょう

overseas Vietnamese

上越

じょうえつ

area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata

三越

みつこし

Mitsukoshi (department store)

優越

ゆうえつ

supremacy, predominance, being superior to

越す

こす

to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across

越し

ごし こし

across, over, beyond, through, crossing

超越

ちょうえつ

transcendence, transcendency

越流

えつりゅう

overflow

日越

にちえつ

Japan and Vietnam; Japanese-Vietnamese

越年

えつねん

ring out the old year, hibernation

越前

越前

Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)