New Year's food

Japanese: おせち

Osechi cuisine is celebratory food eaten during New Year's. "Osechi" originally referred to seasonal festivals on the calendar. The food eaten on these occasions was called osechi cuisine, and today it is used to describe the food eaten on New Year's Day, the first of the seasonal festivals. Osechi cuisine is considered auspicious, as it means "piling up happy occasions," and is served packed in a tiered box. The contents of the tiered box vary depending on the region and household.

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Japanese:

おせち料理とは、正月に食べるお祝いの料理です。「おせち」とは本来、暦上の節句のことを指します。その際に食べる料理をおせち料理と呼んだため、現在では節句の一番目にあたる正月の料理を表す言葉として使われています。おせち料理は”めでたさを重ねる”という意味で縁起をかつぎ、重箱に詰めて出されます。地方や家庭ごとにお重の中身は様々です。

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