Word Meaning 新正月

しんしょうがつ shinshougatsu

新正月 is read as しんしょうがつ (shinshougatsu) and means January (according to the new calendar).

Meaning

English

January (according to the new calendar)

Reading

Kana

しんしょうがつ

Romaji

shinshougatsu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 73767 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

新月

しんげつ

new moon

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)

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)

国際赤十字赤新月社連盟

こくさいせきじゅうじせきしんげつしゃれんめい

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

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