新しん春しゅん

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Meanings

New Year; the new year

Refers to the beginning of the new year, often with a fresh, celebratory nuance. Common in formal greetings, news headlines, and seasonal expressions.

新しん春しゅんを迎むかえ、皆みな様さまのご健けん康こうをお祈いのり申もうし上あげます。
As we welcome the new year, I wish you all good health.
新しん春しゅんセールが始はじまった。
The New Year sale has started.

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Usage patterns

新しん春しゅんを迎むかえるto welcome/greet the New Year
皆みな様さま、良よい新しん春しゅんをお迎むかえください。
May you all have a wonderful New Year.
新しん春しゅんセールNew Year's sale
デパートで新しん春しゅんセールが始はじまった。
The New Year's sale has started at the department store.
新しん春しゅんの候こうformal seasonal greeting phrase meaning 'in this New Year season'
新しん春しゅんの候こう、いかがお過すごしでしょうか。
As we enter the New Year, I hope you are doing well.

Kanji

新new
春springtime, spring (season)

Related words

新しん年ねんN2
新年 is the everyday, neutral word for 'the new year', while 新春 is a more literary, festive term often used in greetings and headlines.
正しょう月がつN4
正月 refers concretely to the New Year's holiday period and its customs, whereas 新春 is a broader, poetic term for the new year season.
年とし明あけ
新春 is a poetic, formal word for early spring/New Year used mainly in greeting cards, whereas 年明け is a plain, everyday term for the same period.

Don't confuse with

立りっ春しゅん
立春 marks the traditional first day of spring on the old calendar, while 新春 refers to the New Year season itself, not the spring equinox point.
来らい春しゅん
新春 is a formal term for the New Year period, not the spring season meant by 来春, despite the shared 春 character and similar sound.

Etymology

Compound of 新 (new) and 春 (spring). The new year in the traditional lunar calendar coincides with the beginning of spring, hence the association.