旧正月

Japanese
Kanji in this term
旧 正 月
きゅう
Grade: 5		 しょう
Grade: 1		 がつ
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
舊正月 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 旧(きゅう) (kyū) + 正月(しょうがつ) (shōgatsu), literally "Old New Year".

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) きゅうしょ​ーがつ [kyùúshóꜜògàtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲɨᵝːɕo̞ːɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Proper noun

旧(きゅう)正(しょう)月(がつ) • (Kyūshōgatsu) ←きうしやうがつ (kiusyaugatu)?

  1. Lunar New Year

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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