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- いっしょう一生 食べるのに困らないようにという願いを込めて、
- いっさい一歳 になった子に
- いっしょうもち一升餅 を
- せお背負わせて お祝いするという風習がある。
There is a custom of celebrating a child’s first birthday by having them carry a isshō-mochi (a rice cake weighing about 1.8 kilograms), with the wish that they may never want for food throughout their life. (The word isshō is also a homophone for “a lifetime.”)
— Jreibun
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