正月

しょうがつ

New Year (esp. first three days)

新正月

しんしょうがつ

January (according to the new calendar)

旧正月

きゅうしょうがつ

lunisolar New Year, Chinese New Year, Vietnamese Tet

小正月

こしょうがつ

the 14th-16th days of the lunar New Year

寝正月

ねしょうがつ

staying at home during the New Year's holiday

女正月

おんなしょうがつ

15th day of the New Year (when women would belatedly do their New Year's greetings or go back to their parents' homes; in Kyoto and Osaka)

お正月

おしょうがつ

New Year (esp. first three or fifteen days)

大正

たいしょう

Taisho era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

正大

せいだい

fairness, justice

目の正月

めのしょうがつ

feast for one's eyes, sight as pleasing as the New Year

正月太り

しょうがつぶとり

putting on weight over the New Year's holidays

正月飾り

しょうがつかざり

New Year's decorations

盆と正月

ぼんとしょうがつ

the Bon Festival and New Year

正月映画

しょうがつえいが

film shown over the New Year period

正月休み

しょうがつやすみ

New Year holidays

大正大学

たいしょうだいがく

Taisho University

大の月

だいのつき

long month (i.e. having 31 days)

大正解

だいせいかい

bang on the money, spot on, right answer

大正琴

たいしょうごと

Nagoya harp, Taisho koto, Japanese harp with two to five strings