Illustration: In a family's living room during Setsubun, a grandmother guides her granddaughter's hand as the child tosses roasted beans toward the open entrance. The father crouches outside wearing a simple horned demon mask, theatrically shielding himself from the tiny handful.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

民みん俗ぞく

minzoku

folk customs

民俗 means customs; 民族 means an ethnic group. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 団子だんごは、日本にほん民俗みんぞくにおいてしばしば登場とうじょうする。

    Dango often feature in Japanese folk customs.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 重要無形じゅうようむけい民俗みんぞく文化財ぶんかざいに指定していされている。

    It has been designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. そのほか、各地かくちの民俗みんぞく芸能げいのうや一部いちぶの宗教しゅうきょうにおいて演奏えんそうされる。

    In addition, it is also played for folk entertainment in various areas, and in some religions.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 民俗

  • 民people; nationOnミンKunたみ
  • 俗vulgar; customsOnゾク

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