Nounoffering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice · twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar · year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)

Noun, Adverb (fukushi)last December; end of last year

Nountwelfth lunar month; 12th month of the lunar calendar

Nounwintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice

NounChinese smoked and salted ham