新しん正しょう月がつ

noun

January (new calendar); New Year's period (Gregorian)

Refers to the New Year season according to the Gregorian calendar, as opposed to the traditional lunar New Year (旧正月). Often used in contexts contrasting old and new calendar observances.

• 新しん正しょう月がつには初はつ詣もうでに行いく人ひとが多おおい。

  Many people go for hatsumōde (first shrine visit) during the new-calendar New Year.

• 旧きゅう正しょう月がつではなく新しん正しょう月がつを祝いわう地ち域いきが増ふえている。

  More regions celebrate the new-calendar New Year rather than the lunar New Year.