Illustration: A family gathers around a low table on a bright winter morning in a Japanese home. Stacked lacquer boxes are opened to reveal osechi foods arranged in small sections, including rolled omelet, black beans, and shrimp; bowls of ozōni steam beside them.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

正しょう月がつ

shougatsu

New Year holiday

Example sentences

  1. 正月しょうがつは家族かぞくと過すごす時間じかんが長ながいのです。

    At the New Year, we spend a lot of time with our family.

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  2. オフィスが正月しょうがつ休やすみで１０日間閉にちかんしまっていました。

    The office was closed for 10 days for the New Year’s holiday.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 中国ちゅうごくでは、旧暦きゅうれきにしたがって正月しょうがつを祝いわう。

    In China, they celebrate New Year by the lunar calendar.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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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