Cold food - kanshoku

Japanese: 寒食 - かんしょく

〘 noun 〙① In ancient China, the 105th day after the winter solstice was considered a day of severe wind and rain, and so people would turn off the heat and eat food without boiling it. Also, that day. Snowshoes. 《Season: Spring》※Jingkokushu (827) vol. 11, Fenghe Jiaohen〈Shigano Sadatsuna〉"The cold food festival, the old Zhou dynasty system, the ban on fire and wind, has not yet _{been abolished} ." 〔Book of the Later Han - Biography of Zhou Jie〕② A state of extreme poverty. ※Stranger (1936)〈Mafune Yutaka〉3 "Are the bereaved family members on the verge of being forced to eat cold food?"

Kan-gui ...guhi [cold food]

〘 noun 〙 Eating meat from deer, wild boar, etc. during the cold season . Eating medicine. 《Season: Winter》

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 古く、中国で、冬至から一〇五日目は風雨の烈しい日として、火断ちをして煮たきしないで物を食べた風習。また、その日。かんじき。《季・春》※経国集（827）一一・奉和鞦韆篇〈滋野貞主〉「寒食節、周旧制、禁火余風猶未_レ廃」〔後漢書‐周挙伝〕② はなはだしく貧乏な状態。※見知らぬ人（1936）〈真船豊〉三「遺族の方が、寒食にさらされようといふ瀬戸際でござんせう？」