越年

えつねん

ring out the old year, hibernation

年越し

としこし

New Year's Eve, end of the year

越年草

えつねんそう

biennial

越年蝶

おつねんちょう オツネンチョウ

eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)

度を越す

どをこす

to go too far

先を越す

さきをこす せんをこす

to take the initiative, to forestall, to beat to the punch

峠を越す

とうげをこす

to cross over a pass, to finish the most difficult part, to be over the worst (e.g. an illness)

山を越す

やまをこす

to surmount a difficulty, to go across a mountain

越年草本

えつねんそうほん

biennial herb

越す

こす

to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across

年越しそば

としこしそば

soba noodles eaten on New Year's Eve

越年生植物

えつねんせいしょくぶつ

biennial

年が越せる

としがこせる

to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)

山越しをする

やまごしをする

to cross a mountain

寄越す

よこす

to send, to forward

見越す

みこす

to anticipate, to foresee

年を食う

としをくう

to grow older, to advance in age, to be very aged

年を追う

としをおう

as one gets on in their years, as the years pass, year after year

年を拾う

としをひろう

to grow old