Word Meaning 寝正月

Listen to 寝待月

寝待月

ねまちづき

waning gibbous moon

Listen to 寝覚月

寝覚月

ねざめづき

ninth lunar month

Listen to 正月

正月

しょうがつ

New Year (esp. first three days)

Listen to 旧正月

旧正月

きゅうしょうがつ

lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)

Listen to 墨付け正月

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)

Listen to 二十日正月

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.)

Listen to 大正月

大正月

おおしょうがつ

first seven days of the year

Listen to お正月

お正月

おしょうがつ

New Year (esp. first three days)

Listen to 目の正月

目の正月

めのしょうがつ

feast for one's eyes

Listen to 小正月

小正月

こしょうがつ

Little New Year (festival held on January 15)

Listen to 新正月

新正月

しんしょうがつ

January (according to the new calendar)

Listen to 女正月

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)