かがみ
鏡
びら
開
　
き

noun

  1. cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th).
  2. traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc..

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かがみ
鏡
びら
開
　
き
 鏡開き かがみびらき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mirror, speculum, barrel-head
かがみ　キョウ　かが (4th, N1)
gold
キン　きむ　かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン　すべ.て　まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
to divide
end, finally
キョウ　ケイ　おわ.る (Kentei 1)
sound, noise
おと　オン　ね (1st, N4)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
open, unfold, unseal
カイ　ひら.く　あ.く (3rd, N4)
gate, counter for cannons
モン　かど　と (2nd, N2)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)