Otsukimi

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Otsukimi

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Borrowed from Japanese お月見 (o-tsukimi).

proper noun O-Tsukimi · Tsukimi

A moon-viewing festival in the fall (autumn). I was always interested to see which of the Japanese customs belonged to the Palace and which to the world outside the Palace. O Bon, or the Festival of the Dead in midsummer, was a festival of the people, as also was Otsukimi, or Moon-Viewing. I have delightful memories of a party in the country ne

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@misc{otsukimi_2026,
  title = {Otsukimi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/otsukimi},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}