How to say "lent" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounA loanword from English for Lent, the Christian season of fasting and penitence before Easter. It is relatively uncommon, being essentially the English word rendered in Japanese script.
- 受難節じゅなんせつnounLiterally 'Passion season,' it refers to Lent, the Christian season of fasting and penitence before Easter, and is the term especially favored in Protestant churches. It is relatively uncommon.
- 四旬節しじゅんせつnounLiterally 'forty-day season,' it refers to the roughly forty days of fasting before Easter and is the term especially used in Catholicism. It is relatively uncommon.
All three are relatively uncommon names for Lent, the Christian penitential season before Easter: 「レント」 is the English loanword, while 受難節 and 四旬節 are the terms associated respectively with Protestant and Catholic churches.
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