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まだ1月ですが... It is still January, but...

 

Qima's ohinasama.JPG(C) ちまんぐる

先日[せんじつ]、お雛様[ひなさま] (= hina-dolls)に関[かん]する(= related to)ニュースを読[]みました。

I read a news item related to O-hina sama (= Hina- dolls).

 

お雛様[ひなさま]については、以前[いぜん]このブログに書[か]きました。33日、女[おんな]の子[]の健[すこ]やかな成長[せいちょう](= growth)と幸[しあわ](= happiness)を祈[いの](= to wish)お祭[まつ]りをします。その時[とき]に、お雛様[ひなさま]を飾[かざ]ります(= to decorate)。朝日[あさひ]新聞[しんぶん]によると、お雛様[ひなさま]を作[つく]る会社[かいしゃ]が今[いま]、とても忙[いそが]しいそうです。これから作[つく]って、お店[みせ]に出荷[しゅっか]する(= to ship)のでしょう。ふつう、お雛様[ひなさま]2月の中[なか]ごろ(= in the middle of)から飾[かざ]りますから、そろそろお店[みせ]に出[][はじ]めることでしょう。

2012年になったのがつい昨日[きのう]のような(= just like yesterday)[]がしますが、時間[じかん]が経[](= to pass)のははやいです!

I wrote about Hina-dolls here in this blog before. Japanese have a ritual to hold some sort of event on 3 March every year wishing girls’ health and happiness. The households with daughters normally decorate Hina-dolls (shown in the above photo). Asahi Shimbun Newspaper reported that hina-dolls factories are now very busy to prepare for shipping the dolls. The parents have to put Hina-dolls out normally around the middle of February so, I guess, it is time for the dolls to be sent to shops.

 

I thought 2012 started just like yesterday… Time flies so fast!

 

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