越えつ年ねん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

seeing out the old year; passing the winter; hibernation

Refers to the act of staying through the end of the year into the new one, or more broadly passing the winter. Can also mean hibernation for animals. Used as a noun or with する.

• 山やま小ご屋やで越えつ年ねんする予よ定ていです。

  I plan to see out the old year in a mountain hut.

• クマは冬ふゆの間あいだ、洞ほら穴あなで越えつ年ねんする。

  Bears pass the winter in caves.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

playing extra rounds in hanafuda

Only with reading えつねん

Hanafuda term: playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game. Restricted to the reading えつねん.

• 花はな札ふだで越えつ年ねんすると、ゲームが長なが引びく。

  When you play extra rounds in hanafuda, the game drags on.