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Tanabata meaning

An annual Japanese festival, starting on 7 July, celebrating the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair), said to be separated at other times by the Milky Way.

Using Tanabata

  • The main meaning on this page is: An annual Japanese festival, starting on 7 July, celebrating the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair), said to be separated at other times by the Milky Way.
  • In the example corpus, tanabata often appears in combinations such as: tanabata festival, the tanabata.

Context around Tanabata

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

biggest 1×

Often after:

festival 4×

Sentence patterns with Tanabata

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

during the tanabata festival aug 1× so tanabata s about 1× the biggest tanabata festival in 1× the tanabata festival in 1× up the tanabata festival season 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

arthur taniguchi honorary 1× catch the biggest 1× so tanabata s 1× the tanabata festival 1× wrapping up the 1×

Common sentence endings:

19 in hilo 1× dreams and whimsy 1× once every year 1× opened on sunday 1× tokyo this july 1×

Words around Tanabata

Just before it in the word index:

tana 59 tan 669 tamzin 10 tamy 2 tamworth 293 tamwar 2

Just after it in the word index:

tanabe 8 tanach 3 tanager 9 tanaghrisson 2 tanah 12 tanahashi 55

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aapp 7 aarne 7 aaronic 7 aasa 7

Corpus analysis for Tanabata

  • In this selection, "tanabata" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, biggest and festival stand out and add context to how "tanabata" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include during the tanabata festival aug and so tanabata s about. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tanabata" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tanabata

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Tanabata Festival in the city of Sendai, northeastern Japan, opened on Sunday. (13 words)

So Tanabata’s about gods crossing a starry sky to reunite once every year. (14 words)

Catch the biggest tanabata festival in the Kanto region—it’s all about love, dreams and whimsy. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Arthur Taniguchi, Honorary Consul of Japan, places his tanzaku wish on a bamboo branch during the Tanabata festival Aug. 19 in Hilo. (22 words)

Wrapping up the Tanabata Festival season that began in July (see What’s Happening in Tokyo this July? (18 words)

Catch the biggest tanabata festival in the Kanto region—it’s all about love, dreams and whimsy. (17 words)

Question examples

Wrapping up the Tanabata Festival season that began in July (see What’s Happening in Tokyo this July? (18 words)

Example sentences (5)

Arthur Taniguchi, Honorary Consul of Japan, places his tanzaku wish on a bamboo branch during the Tanabata festival Aug. 19 in Hilo.

The Tanabata Festival in the city of Sendai, northeastern Japan, opened on Sunday.

So Tanabata’s about gods crossing a starry sky to reunite once every year.

Wrapping up the Tanabata Festival season that began in July (see What’s Happening in Tokyo this July?

Catch the biggest tanabata festival in the Kanto region—it’s all about love, dreams and whimsy.

Common combinations with tanabata

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tanabata" in a sentence?
An example: "Arthur Taniguchi, Honorary Consul of Japan, places his tanzaku wish on a bamboo branch during the Tanabata festival Aug. 19 in Hilo." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "tanabata" from authentic English texts.
What does "tanabata" mean?
Tanabata means: An annual Japanese festival, starting on 7 July, celebrating the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair), said to be separated at other times by the Milky Way.
How many example sentences with "tanabata" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "tanabata", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.