"正月" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ːɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ] Forms: 正月 [canonical] (ruby: (しょう), (がつ)), shōgatsu [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 正月 (MC tsyeng ngjwot) Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|正月|id=1,1}} 正月 (MC tsyeng ngjwot) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうがつ}} 正(しょう)月(がつ) • (shōgatsu)
  1. January
    Sense id: en-正月-ja-noun-NwguaN-F
  2. first month of the lunar year
    Sense id: en-正月-ja-noun-~8zFB7i3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 83 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 61 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 72 27
  3. New Year Categories (topical): Holidays, New Year Synonyms (New Year): 元旦: New Year's Day (gantan) (ruby: 元旦(がんたん)), 元日: New Year's Day (ganjitsu) (ruby: 元日(がんじつ))
    Sense id: en-正月-ja-noun-E1PHK4XP Disambiguation of Holidays: 1 7 92 Disambiguation of New Year: 1 3 95 Disambiguation of 'New Year': 1 3 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お正月 (o-shōgatsu) (ruby: 正月(しょうがつ)) Related terms: 初詣 (hatsumōde) (ruby: 初詣(はつもうで)), 初日の出 (hatsuhinode) (ruby: 初日(はつひ), ()), 門松 (kadomatsu) (ruby: 門松(かどまつ)), 御御籤 (omikuji) (ruby: 御御籤(おみくじ)), 年賀状 (nengajō) (ruby: 年賀状(ねんがじょう))

Alternative forms

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