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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

元がん旦たん

gantan

New Year’s Day

Example sentences

  1. 一年いちねんの計けいは元旦がんたんにあり。

    New Year’s Day is the key to the year.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. また現在げんざいでも、除夜じょやに一度氏神いちどうじがみに参拝さんぱいして一旦家いったんいえに帰かえり、元旦がんたんになって再ふたたび参拝さんぱいするという地方ちほうがある。

    Even today, there are regions where people visit the ujigami on the New Year’s Eve and go home once, then visit again on the New Year’s Day.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 古来こらいにおいては一日いちにちは夕方ゆうがたから始はじまるとする風習ふうしゅうがあり、元旦がんたんは大晦日おおみそかの夕方ゆうがたから始はじまると考かんがえられていた。

    A day was thought to begin at dusk in old times; and the New Year’s Day was thought to begin at the dusk of New Year’s Eve.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 元旦

  • 元beginning; former timeOnゲン・ガンKunもと
  • 旦daybreak; dawnOnタン・ダンKunあきらか・あきら・ただし

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