お正しょう月がつ

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Meanings

Polite term for the New Year period, especially the first three days (三が日). Used in greetings and seasonal expressions.

お正しょう月がつを迎むかえるto welcome/greet the New Year
家か族ぞくみんなでお正しょう月がつを迎むかえました。
We welcomed the New Year together with the whole family.
お正しょう月がつに〈動どう詞し〉to do something during the New Year period
お正しょう月がつに初はつ詣もうでに行いきます。
During the New Year, I go to visit a shrine.
お正しょう月がつ休やすみNew Year's holiday/vacation
お正しょう月がつ休やすみは実じっ家かで過すごした。
I spent the New Year's holiday at my parents' house.
お正しょう月がつ料りょう理りNew Year's dishes (traditional festive food)
お正しょう月がつ料りょう理りを家か族ぞくで作つくりました。
We made traditional New Year's dishes together as a family.

元がん旦たんN3sense 1
元旦 refers specifically to New Year's Day morning, whereas お正月 covers the broader New Year period, especially the first three days.
三さんが日にち sense 1
三が日 names exactly the first three days of January, while お正月 can refer more loosely to the whole New Year season.
年ねん末まつ年ねん始しN3
年末年始 is the neutral term for the whole year-end-to-New-Year holiday span, while お正月 focuses on the New Year celebration itself with its traditional customs.

正しょう月がつplainN4sense 1
正月 is the plain word for the New Year period, while お正月 adds the polite/honorific お- prefix commonly used in greetings and by children.

Polite form of 正月 (しょうがつ) with the honorific prefix お. 正月 itself is a Sino-Japanese word meaning 'first month' or 'New Year'.