Carnival - Shanikusai

Japanese: 謝肉祭 - しゃにくさい

[1] [noun] A cheerful folk festival held in Roman Catholic countries (France, Spain, Italy, Brazil, etc.) for three to eight days prior to Lent . During Lent, people abstain from eating meat, so it is celebrated lively before that time, and clowning and comedy are permitted, with lavish costume processions and floats . Carnival. 《Season: Spring》※From Mori Ogai's Utakata no Ki (1890), "It was the January of the bright year, the time of Carnival." [2] (Original title: Carnaval) Piano piece. Composed by Schumann. Opus 9. Composed in 1835. It consists of 21 short pieces depicting the scenes of a masquerade ball.

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙ローマカトリック教の諸国（フランス・スペイン・イタリア・ブラジルなど）で、四旬節(しじゅんせつ)に先立つ三～八日間に行なわれる民間の陽気な祝祭。四旬節には肉食を絶つので、その前ににぎやかに祝われ、道化・滑稽などが許されて仮装行列や山車(だし)などが盛大にくり出される。カーニバル。《季・春》※うたかたの記（1890）〈森鴎外〉中「明る年の一月、謝肉祭の頃なりき」[2] (原題Carnaval) ピアノ曲。シューマン作曲。作品九。一八三五年作。仮装舞踏会の情景を描いた二一の小曲からなる。

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