年ねん始し

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to the early part of the year, especially the New Year period. Often used in formal or business contexts.

Specifically refers to the act of visiting people to offer New Year's greetings, or the greetings themselves. Often used in set phrases like 年始回り.

年ねん始しの挨あい拶さつをするto give New Year's greetings
取とり引ひき先さきに年ねん始しの挨あい拶さつをした。
I gave New Year's greetings to our business partners.
年ねん始し回まわりをするto make the rounds visiting people to give New Year's greetings
父ちちは毎まい年とし、親しん戚せきに年ねん始し回まわりをする。
My father makes New Year's visits to relatives every year.
年ねん始しに〈事こと〉at the beginning of the year, (something happens)
年ねん始しに新あたらしい目もく標ひょうを立たてた。
I set new goals at the beginning of the year.

年ねん賀がN1sense 2
年賀 refers specifically to New Year's greetings or cards, while 年始 can also mean the beginning of the year itself or the act of paying a New Year visit.
新しん年ねんN2sense 1
新年 is the general word for 'the new year', while 年始 emphasizes the very start of the year or the custom of New Year's visits.
正しょう月がつN4
正月 is the common, everyday word for the New Year holiday period, while 年始 is a more formal term often used in business contexts.
年ねん初しょ
年始 emphasizes New Year's greetings and the very first days of January, while 年初 is a broader, more formal term for the early part of the year often used in business contexts.

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初はつ詣もうでN1
初詣 specifically means the first shrine or temple visit of the year, while 年始 broadly covers all New Year's activities like greetings and visits.
年とし明あけ
年始 and 年明け both mean the start of the year, but 年始 is often used in set phrases like 年始のあいさつ (New Year's greetings) while 年明け is more temporal.
年ねん末まつ年ねん始しN3
年末年始 spans both halves of the holiday, while 年始 refers only to the beginning-of-year period after New Year's Day.

年ねん末まつN1sense 1
年末 means 'the end of the year', the direct opposite of 年始's 'the beginning of the year'.
歳さい末まつN1
年始 means 'the start of the year', the direct opposite of 歳末, which means 'the end of the year'.
年としの暮くれN3
年始 refers to the beginning of the year, directly opposite in time to 年の暮れ, which refers to the end of the year.
暮くれN3
年始 marks the beginning of the new year, whereas 暮れ marks the end of the old year.

Compound of 年 (year) and 始 (beginning). The meaning 'New Year's call' developed from the custom of visiting at the start of the year.