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正しょう月がつ
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Meanings
Noun
1. New Year (esp. first three days)
2. first month of the year; January
Kanji used
正correct月moon
Pitch accent
しょうがつ
Used in vocabulary
旧きゅう正しょう月がつ
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
Noun
小こ正しょう月がつ
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the New Year; Koshōgatsu
Noun
寝ね正しょう月がつ
staying at home during the New Year's holiday
Noun
新しん正しょう月がつ
January (according to the new calendar)
Noun
二十日はつか正しょう月がつ
twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)
Noun
正しょう月がつ飾かざり
New Year's decorations
Noun
大おお正しょう月がつ
first seven days of the year
Noun
女おんな正しょう月がつ
15th day of the New Year (when women would belatedly do their New Year's greetings or go back to their parents' homes; in Kyoto and Osaka)
Noun
墨すみ付つけ正しょう月がつ
event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)
Noun
正しょう月がつ映えい画が
film shown over the New Year period
Noun
正しょう月がつ休やすみ
New Year holidays
Noun
Examples12
New Year's Day is close at hand.
What are you planning to do for the New Year vacation?
This year New Year's Day falls on Sunday.
I'm looking forward to the New Year holidays.
At the New Year, we spend a lot of time with our family.
Everybody is very busy getting ready for the New Year.