硯洗い

すずりあらい

Meanings

1. Noun event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies See also: 七夕 (たなばた).

Kanji

• 硯 inkstone. Read as すずり.
• 洗 wash. Read as あらう.

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