a large sushi roll eaten while facing in a favorable direction at 節(せつ)分(ぶん) (setsubun)

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favorable direction; a compass direction deemed to be lucky

custom, habit; way

a kyogen play set on the night of Setsubun where a female house-sitter tricks a demon using magical items, culminating in her throwing roasted soybeans to drive it away

立春 (Risshun), the first day of spring in the traditional lunisolar calendar, / 立夏 (Rikka), the first day of summer, / 立秋 (Risshū), the first day of autumn, or / 立冬 (Rittō), the first day of winter

(archaic, obsolete) any of the four named first days of the lunisolar calendar that mark the division between two seasons

(archaic) any of the four named first days of the lunisolar calendar that mark the division between two seasons / (archaic, especially) the day before Risshun or the beginning of spring

every year

every year