肇ちょう歳さい

noun

beginning of the year

Rare literary term for the start of the year. In modern Japanese, 年始 (ねんし) or 年初 (ねんしょ) are more common.

• 肇ちょう歳さいの祝いわいとして、古ふるい詩しが詠よまれた。

  As a celebration of the beginning of the year, an old poem was composed.