しょうがつ
Meanings
Noun
1. New Year (esp. first three days)
2. first month of the year; January
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
first seven days of the year
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.)
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu
staying at home during the New Year's holiday
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
New Year's decorations
feast for one's eyes; sight as pleasing as the New Year
women's New Year (15th day of the first month of the year); New Year for women who were too busy to celebrate on the 1st (Kyoto-Osaka)
film shown over the New Year period
January (according to the new calendar)
event where young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Little New Year in the San'in region
Examples (4 in total)
At the New Year, we spend a lot of time with our family.
In China, they celebrate New Year by the lunar calendar.
Some people dislike the traditional New Year's ritual.