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ちゅうげん
中元
おせいぼ
御歳暮
しゅうかん
習慣
なかなかすたれない
The gift-giving custom dies hard.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
prefix
1. honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an on-yomi reading; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
suffix
2. honorific suffix  (after a noun indicating a person; honorific)
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noun
1. 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival  (see also: 于蘭盆)
2. mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts  (see also: お中元)
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Most common form: お歳暮
noun
1. year-end gift  (see also: 歳暮, お中元)
2. end of the year; year end  (see also: 歳暮)
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0
1. habit
2. custom; cultural practice
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0
1. very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather  (often written with kana only)
2. by no means (with negative verb); not readily  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 廃れる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
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Kanji
ゴ   ギョ   honorific prefix   おん-    
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step
おろ to sell wholesale   おろし wholesaling   
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ゴ    noon   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
seal
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボ   くれる to get dark   くらす to make a living   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
バク   ボ   マク   モ    must not   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
grass   
シュウ   なら to learn   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
カン   なれる to get used to   ならす to tame   
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カン   つらぬ to pierce   
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ボ   はは mother   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
heart
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