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正月しょうがつ

shougatsu

New Year, New Year's Day

Example sentence

彼は一年近くもアルコール類を断っていたが、お正月の頃に禁を破ってまた元に戻ってしまった。

He had been dry for almost a year, but he fell off the wagon around New Year's Day.

Sentence from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR

Kanji in 正月

Sentences with 正月

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Words with the same kanji

WordJLPTMeaning
今月N5こんげつthis month
毎月N5まいげつ; まいつきevery month, monthly
月曜日N5げつようびMonday
先月N5せんげつlast month
来月N5らいげつnext month
一月N5ひとつきone month
~か月N5~かげつ(number of) months
~月N5~がつmonth of the year (e.g. 1月[がつ] = January)

More Time & Dates words

WordMeaning
日ひsun, sunshine, day
月つきmoon (general word)
間あいだbetween / while / interval (e.g. 友達[ともだち]と先生[せんせい]の間[あいだ] = between friend and teacher)
最近さいきんrecently, nowadays, in recent years, most recent, latest
今度こんどnow, this time, near future, one of these days, next time
時代じだいage, period, epoch, era
最後さいごlast, end
この頃このごろthese days, nowadays

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