Kyoto Celebrates a 1,000-Year Love Affair
Ko Sasaki for The New York Times
The spirit of Murasaki Shikibu, author of “Tale of Genji,” abounds in Kyoto, as at a purification ceremony with period costumes at the Jonengu shrine.noun [C]
1 a length of time:
Her work means that she spends long periods away from home.
Unemployment in the first half of 1993 was 2% lower than in the same period the year before.
Fifteen people were killed in/over a period of four days.
The study will be carried out over a six-month period.
2 in school, a division of time in the day when a subject is taught:
We have six periods of science a week.
3 a fixed time during the life of a person or in history:
Most teenagers go through a rebellious period.
The house was built during the Elizabethan period.
period
adjective
period costume/dress/furniture the clothes or furniture of a particular time in history:
They performed 'Julius Caesar' in period dress.
古人依修禊的習俗，在每年陰曆的三月三日，在水邊盥洗，藉以驅邪。後來參加者坐在曲折環繞的水流旁，在上游放酒杯，任它順水流下，停在何處，則由某人取酒杯而飲。晉˙王羲之˙蘭亭詩序：「又有清流激湍，映帶左右，引以為流觴曲水。」
標題 千年戀史 指 源氏物語 千年
love affair noun
1 [C] a romantic and sexual relationship between two people who are not married to each other
2 [S] a strong liking for a particular activity or place:
Her love affair with ballet began when she was ten.
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