しんねん
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. New Year
Kanji used
new
year
Pitch accent
んねん
Top 17200
Composed of
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on January 5, prior to WWII); New Year's party
Examples (5 in total)
Where do you want to celebrate New Year?
The New Year came in with a light fall of snow.
They exchanged the New Year's greeting.