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)
〘 名詞 〙 春の季節がもうすぐそこまで来ていること。《 季語・冬 》 〔俳諧・俳諧四季部類(1780)〕[初出の実例]「盆栽の橙黄なり春隣〈守水老〉」(出典:春夏秋冬‐冬(1903)〈河東碧梧桐・高...