盆ぼんと正しょう月がつ

expression, noun

the Bon Festival and New Year

Refers to the two biggest traditional holidays in Japan, often used to describe something that happens only on very special occasions, like 'once in a blue moon'.

• 盆ぼんと正しょう月がつが一いっ緒しょに来きたような忙いそがしさだ。

  It's as busy as if the Bon Festival and New Year came at the same time.

expression, noun

two great things at once; double delight

Idiomatic expression likening a rare, doubly happy event to having both major holidays simultaneously.

• 昇しょう給きゅうとボーナスが同どう時じに来くるなんて、盆ぼんと正しょう月がつが一いっ緒しょに来きたみたいだ。

  Getting a raise and a bonus at the same time is like having the Bon Festival and New Year together.