Word Meaning 大正月

おおしょうがつ ooshougatsu

大正月 is read as おおしょうがつ (ooshougatsu) and means first seven days of the year.

Meaning

English

  1. first seven days of the year

Reading

Kana

おおしょうがつ

Romaji

ooshougatsu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 66150 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大正

たいしょう

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

正月

しょうがつ

New Year (esp. first three days)

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.)

お正月

おしょうがつ

New Year (esp. first three days)

目の正月

めのしょうがつ

feast for one's eyes

小正月

こしょうがつ

Little New Year (festival held on January 15)

新正月

しんしょうがつ

January (according to the new calendar)

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)

大僧正

だいそうじょう

high priest

大改正

だいかいせい

far-reaching amendment

大正天皇

たいしょうてんのう

Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926)

大正政変

たいしょうせいへん

Taishō Political Crisis (1913)