Word Meaning 女正月

おんなしょうがつ onnashougatsu

女正月 is read as おんなしょうがつ (onnashougatsu) and means 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).

Meaning

English

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)

Reading

Kana

おんなしょうがつ

Romaji

onnashougatsu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 74394 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

女郎花月

おみなえしづき

seventh lunar month

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.)

大正月

おおしょうがつ

first seven days of the year

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)

旧正月

きゅうしょうがつ

lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)

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)

采女正

うねめのかみ

director of the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryō system)

盆と正月が一緒に来た様

ぼんとしょうがつがいっしょにきたよう

as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time