Illustration: A Japanese family gathers beside the balcony of their home to watch the first sunrise, still wearing warm indoor layers. Behind them, a low table is ready with stacked osechi boxes, bowls of ozōni, and festive chopstick rests.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

元がん日じつ

ganjitsu

New Year’s Day

Example sentences

元日がんじつに神社じんじゃへ参拝さんぱいする日本人にっぽんじんは多おおい。
On New Year’s Day many Japanese go to the shrine to worship.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
元日がんじつは何なにするの？
What will you do on New Year’s Day?
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
通常つうじょうは年末ねんまつに投函とうかんし元日がんじつに配達はいたつする。
The nengajo is usually posted at the end of the year and delivered on New Year’s Day.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 元日

元beginning; former timeOnゲン・ガンKunもと
日sun; dayOnニチ・ジツKunひ

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