年越しそば

としこしそば

soba noodles eaten on New Year's Eve

越年

えつねん

ring out the old year, hibernation

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)

年を越す

としをこす

to enter a New Year

越年草本

えつねんそうほん

biennial herb

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.)

越し

ごし こし

across, over, beyond, through, crossing

喉越し

のどごし

feeling of food or drink going down one's throat

夏越し

なつごし

keeping over the summer

襖越し

ふすまごし

through a fusuma

背越し

せごし

thinly slicing soft-boned fish for sashimi

月越し

つきごし

left (unpaid) from previous month

山越し

やまごし

immediately after one's draw

お越し

おこし

coming, going

見越し

みこし

anticipation, expectation

頭越し

あたまごし

ignoring, bypassing, doing something without consultation, going over someone's head

壁越し

かべごし

through a wall, on the other side of a wall