Word Meaning 越年

えつねん etsunen

越年 is read as えつねん (etsunen) and means playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game.

Meaning

English

playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
seeing the old year out
greeting the New Year
passing the winter
hibernation

Reading

Kana

えつねん

Romaji

etsunen

Writing Variants

越年おつねん otsunen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 6043 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

越年草

えつねんそう

winter annual

越年生植物

えつねんせいしょくぶつ

winter annual

越年蝶

おつねんちょう

eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)

年越し

としこし

greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve)

年を越す

としをこす

to enter a New Year

年が越せる

としがこせる

to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)

年越蕎麦

としこしそば

soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

越す

こす

to get over (e.g. hardship)

越える

こえる

to exceed

越権

えっけん

going beyond authority

越後

えちご

Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

越し

ごし

throughout (a period of time)