kakizome
Definitions
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- noun the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year
Examples
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Kakizome is a ceremony held just after New Year's in which writing is done 'for the first time' that year.
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Children display the calligraphy they have just completed in a public observance in Tokyo of kakizome, an annual New Year's event marking one's first formal writing of the year.
Note
The word 'kakizome' comes from Japanese 'kaku' (to write) and 'someru' (to start).
