Word Meaning お正月
お正月 is read as おしょうがつ (oshougatsu) and means New Year (esp. first three days).
Meaning
English
- New Year (esp. first three days)
- first month of the year
- January
Reading
Kana
おしょうがつ
Romaji
oshougatsu
Writing Variants
- 御正月 おしょうがつ oshougatsu
Stroke Sequence
3 Characters • 12 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12二十日正月
はつかしょうがつ
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.)
女正月
おんなしょうがつ
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)
墨付け正月
すみつけしょうがつ
event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)
Example Sentences
10お正月は何するの？
What are you doing for New Year?
お正月は何してるの？
What are you doing for New Years?
もうすぐお正月です。
It will soon be New Year.
もうすぐお正月ですね。
New Year's Day is close at hand.
お正月休みはどうするの？
What are you planning to do for the New Year vacation?
お正月に私と踊ったお友達かも〜？
Isn't that the friend I danced with on New Year's?
社会人になって初めてのお正月です。
I am becoming a working adult in January.
みんなお正月の準備で忙しいのです。
Everybody is very busy getting ready for the New Year.
お正月には金箔入りのお神酒を頂きました。
I drank ceremonial sake with gold leaf in it at the new year.
日本ではお正月にお餅を食べる習慣があります。
There is a custom of eating rice cakes for New Year's in Japan.
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