LingakuFrequency rank: 19,843. – 19,950.
- paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
This term refers to a traditional handmade doll that children create and hang outside to wish for good weather, particularly before a day of an outdoor event such as a festival or picnic. It symbolizes the hope for sunshine.
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てるてるぼうずてるてる坊主をつくる作るto make a teruteru bozuてるてるぼうずてるてる坊主をつるす吊るすto hang a teruteru bozuてるてるぼうずてるてる坊主のいのり祈りprayer to the teruteru bozuてるてるぼうずてるてる坊主をかざる飾るto decorate with a teruteru bozuこどもたち子供たちのてるてるぼうずてるてる坊主children's teruteru bozuてるてるぼうずてるてる坊主をぶらさげるぶら下げるto hang a teruteru bozuてるてるぼうずてるてる坊主をおそなえするお供えするto offer a teruteru bozuはれ晴れをねがう願うてるてるぼうずてるてる坊主teruteru bozu praying for sunshineてるてるぼうずてるてる坊主のうた歌song of the teruteru bozuてるてるぼうずてるてる坊主のでんせつ伝説legend of the teruteru bozu
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