Word Meaning 小正月

こしょうがつ koshougatsu

小正月 is read as こしょうがつ (koshougatsu) and means Little New Year (festival held on January 15).

Meaning

English

Little New Year (festival held on January 15)
14th-16th days of the New Year
Koshōgatsu

Reading

Kana

こしょうがつ

Romaji

koshougatsu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 72212 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

小望月

こもちづき

moon on the night before a full moon

小草生月

おぐさおいづき

second 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

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)

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)

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