プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
としおとこ[おんな]【年男[女]】
a man [woman] who was born in a year with the same sign of the Chinese zodiac as the current year (and who therefore qualifies to serve as a bean-scatterer at the Setsubun ritual)
a man [woman] who was born in a year with the same sign of the Chinese zodiac as the current year (and who therefore qualifies to serve as a bean-scatterer at the Setsubun ritual)
立春から数えて 88日目で,現行暦では5月2日頃にあたる。八十八夜を過ぎればもはや晩霜も終りになるので,農家ではこれを種まきや茶摘み,その他の農作業開始の基準としている。日本では明暦3 (1657) ...