Culture and slang · Lesson 6

Festivals: from Setsubun to 「お盆ぼん」 and moon viewing

鬼おには外そと、福ふくは内うち。

Beans at Setsubun, dolls in March, carp streamers in May, Tanabata wishes, going home for 「お盆ぼん」, the autumn moon: when, what people do and say, what varies.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: the evening of Setsubun
  2. 02Spring: Setsubun and the Doll Festival
  3. 03Early summer to summer: Children’s Day and Tanabata
  4. 04Obon and moon viewing
  5. 05Easy misunderstandings

Practice

  • Match each expression to its meaning
  • Which festival is it?
  • What would you say?
  • True or false?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Put the dialogue in order

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