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/ Mardi Gras/ ˈmɑr di ˌgrɑ // ˈmɑːdɪ ˈɡrɑː /,
/ Louisiana/ luˌi ziˈæn ə, ˌlu ə zi-, ˌlu i- // luːˌiːzɪˈænə /,
/ quarter/ ˈkwɔr tər // ˈkwɔːtə /: 可算名詞,
a方位,方角; 地方,地域.
from every quarter=from all quarters 四方八方から.
b(都市の)地区,…街; [集合的に] (特定地区の)居住者たち.
a Jewish quarter ユダヤ人街.
c[しばしば複数形で; 明示するのを避ける時に用いて] (社会・政府などの)方面,(情報などの)出所.
from certain quarters さる筋から(の).
/ A king cake is a sweet, ring-shaped pastry traditionally eaten from Epiphany (January 6) through Mardi Gras (the day before Ash Wednesday). It's particularly associated with Mardi Gras in the United States, especially in New Orleans. The cake is often decorated with Mardi Gras colors (purple, green, and gold) and sometimes includes a small trinket, like a porcelain baby, hidden inside.
/ parade/ pəˈreɪd // pəˈreɪd /,
/ jazz/ dʒæz // dʒæz /,
Æ (lowercase: æ) is a character formed from the letters a and e, originally a ligature representing the Latin diphthong ae.
æ, LATIN SMALL LETTER AE.
/ Cajun/ ˈkeɪ dʒən // ˈkeɪdʒən /:
noun
a member of any of the largely self-contained communities in the bayou areas of southern Louisiana formed by descendants of French Canadians, speaking an archaic form of French.
adjective
relating to the Cajuns, especially with reference to their folk music (typically featuring the concertina, accordion, and fiddle) or spicy cuisine.
"Cajun chicken"
/ concertina/ ˌkɒn sərˈti nə // ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnə /: a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
: a small hexagonal musical instrument of the reed organ family in which metallic reeds are vibrated by air from a set of bellows operated by the player's hands. Notes are produced by pressing buttons.
/ bellows, ふいご, (写真機などの)じゃばら, (オルガンの)風袋.
/ The key difference between a reed organ and a pipe organ lies in their sound production mechanism: pipe organs use wind passing through pipes, while reed organs use vibrating reeds.
/ zydeco/ ˈzaɪ dɪˌkoʊ // ˈzaɪdəˌkəʊ /: A kind of American dance music originally from southern Louisiana, typically featuring accordion and guitar.
: a type of Black Cajun music.
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