"衣替え" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 衣替え [canonical] (ruby: (ころも), ()), koromogae [romanization]
Etymology: Literally, “change of clothing”, compound of 衣(ころも) (koromo, “garment”) + 替(か)え (kae, “change, replacement”). The ka changes to ga as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)). Etymology templates: {{m-g|change of clothing}} “change of clothing”, {{lit|change of clothing}} Literally, “change of clothing”, {{ja-compound|衣|ころも|替え|かえ|t1=garment|t2=change, replacement}} 衣(ころも) (koromo, “garment”) + 替(か)え (kae, “change, replacement”), {{ja-r|連%濁|れん%だく|rom=-}} 連(れん)濁(だく), {{sortkey|ja|衣替え}} ころもかえ', {{rendaku2|ka|ga}} The ka changes to ga as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)). Head templates: {{ja-noun|ころもがえ}} 衣(ころも)替(が)え • (koromogae)
  1. a Japanese custom of changing wardrobes to align with the changing seasons.
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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