Feast - Today

Japanese: 饗 - きょう

〘 noun 〙① Entertaining people by providing food and drink. Also, the food and drink. Hospitality. Host. Reception. Feast. ※Shoku Nihongi - Year 3 of the Taiho Era (703), leap year 4, Xinyou, "Feast for _Silla guests at Naniwa Tate _" ※Genji (around 1001-14), Kiritsubo, "There were shouts from all over the place, <abbreviated> and the utmost care was taken to serve them" [Shunju Zuo Zhuan - Year 25 of the reign of King Xigong]② Abbreviation of "kyodate (kyodate)". ※Essays, Teijo Miscellany (around 1784), 6, "Feasting is kyodate. It is also a matter of kadodate."

A- U-A-F [Feast]

(Ta Ha, lower two) To prepare delicious food and entertain. To give a feast . To treat someone to a meal. ※The Chronicles (720), October 18th year of the reign of Empress Suiko (Iwasaki Honin) "The Emperor gave a feast to the envoys in the morning . He offered offerings from Kawachi Han to the people of Silla."

Ae- suahe... [Feast]

〘Independently-transformed〙＝au（鮗）※Nihon Shoki（720）Before Jomei ascended to the throne（ Kitano Honin）「The ministers gathered together and held a feast at the minister’s house」

Kyo-sukyau … [feast]

〘Other changes〙 ⇒Kyousuru (feast)

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 酒食を設けて人をもてなすこと。また、その酒食。もてなし。あるじ。供応。馳走。※続日本紀‐大宝三年（703）閏四月辛酉「饗_二新羅客于難波舘_一」※源氏（1001‐14頃）桐壺「所々のきゃうなど〈略〉きよらを尽くして、つかうまつれり」〔春秋左伝‐僖公二五年〕② 「きょうだて（饗立）」の略。※随筆・貞丈雑記（1784頃）六「饗は饗立也。則甲立の事也」