風習

ふうしゅう · fuushuu · JLPT N1 · noun

custom

風 = wind, 習 = practice: customs are what a community keeps practicing, like a wind that blows through every generation

Compound: 風 (wind, style, manner) + 習 (practice, habit). A custom is a habit a whole group keeps repeating, passed on like a breeze moving through the community.

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