(n)new year's day which is April 15, See Also:day commemorating the change of era, Example:ปีศักราชของรัฐนับตั้งแต่วันเถลิงศกเป็นต้นไป, Thai Definition:วันเปลี่ยนจุลศักราชเป็นปีใหม่ ตรงกับวันที่ 15 เมษายน
[かぞえ, kazoe](n) (abbr) (See 数え年・かぞえどし) old manner of reckoning one's age, newborns being considered a year old, with everyone adding one year to their age at New Year's#7319[Add to Longdo]
[ねんまつねんし, nenmatsunenshi](n) the New Year's holiday; the period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the new year#10573[Add to Longdo]
[ポチぶくろ(ポチ袋);ぽちぶくろ(ぽち袋;点袋), pochi bukuro ( pochi fukuro ); pochibukuro ( pochi fukuro ; ten fukuro )](n) (See お年玉・おとしだま) decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts[Add to Longdo]
[ひまつり, himatsuri](n) (1) fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); (2) New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; (3) festival involving fire dedicated to the gods[Add to Longdo]
[かがみびらき, kagamibiraki](n) (1) cutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th); (2) traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.[Add to Longdo]
[こうしょはじめ, koushohajime](n) Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)[Add to Longdo]
[ことはじめ, kotohajime](n) (1) taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; (2) starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); (3) (See 仕事始め) resuming work after the New Year's vacation[Add to Longdo]
[とつきとおか, totsukitooka](n) (1) babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; (2) normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)[Add to Longdo]