Word Meaning 盆と正月

ぼんとしょうがつ bon to shougatsu

盆と正月 is read as ぼんとしょうがつ (bon to shougatsu) and means the Bon Festival and New Year.

Meaning

English

  1. the Bon Festival and New Year
  2. two great things (happening at the same time)

Reading

Kana

ぼんとしょうがつ

Romaji

bon to shougatsu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 79985 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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)

正月

しょうがつ

New Year (esp. first three days)

旧正月

きゅうしょうがつ

lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)

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)

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)

正月飾り

しょうがつかざり

New Year's decorations