正月

しょうがつ

New Year (esp. first three days)

新月

しんげつ

new moon, crescent moon

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

大正月

first seven days of the 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)

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

赤新月社

せきしんげつしゃ

Red Crescent Society

二十日正月

はつかしょうがつ

twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)

墨付け正月

すみつけしょうがつ

event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)

月

がつ げつ つき

moon

正

せい しょう じょう まさ

exact, precise