Illustration: A family gathers around a low table on a winter morning, opening stacked jubako boxes filled with neatly arranged osechi. Individual bowls of steaming zōni stand beside them. A grandparent lifts a lid while a small child leans forward so eagerly that an adult catches the child's slipping cushion.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

お正しょう月がつ

oshougatsu

New Year holiday

A polite form of 正月. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. もうすぐお正月しょうがつです。

    It will soon be New Year.

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  2. お正月しょうがつ休やすみはどうするの？

    What are you planning to do for the New Year vacation?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. みんなお正月しょうがつの準備じゅんびで忙いそがしいのです。

    Everybody is very busy getting ready for the New Year.

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Kanji in 正月

  • 正correct; justiceOnセイ・ショウKunただしい・ただす・まさ
  • 月month; moonOnゲツ・ガツKunつき

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