| お屠蘇 | [おとそ, otoso] (n) New Year's sake; spiced sake |
| お年玉(P);御年玉 | [おとしだま, otoshidama] (n) (See 年玉) New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors); (P) |
| お節;御節 | [おせち, osechi] (n) (See お節料理) food served during the New Year's Holidays |
| お節料理(P);御節料理;おせち料理 | [おせちりょうり, osechiryouri] (n) food served during the New Year's Holidays; (P) |
| どんど;とんど | [, dondo ; tondo] (n) burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the new year) |
| どんど焼き;どんど焼 | [どんどやき, dondoyaki] (n) (See どんど) burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the new year) |
| ポチ袋;ぽち袋;点袋 | [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 |
| 事始め | [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 |
| 仕初め;仕初;為初め;為初 | [しぞめ, shizome] (n) (1) (See 手始め) outset; beginning; starting (things); (2) (See 仕事始め) resuming work after the New Year's vacation |
| 元三 | [がんざん, ganzan] (n-adv,n-t) New Year's period (January 1st to 3rd) |
| 初凪 | [はつなぎ, hatsunagi] (n) first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day |
| 初烏;初鴉 | [はつがらす, hatsugarasu] (n) crow cawing on New Year's Day |
| 十月十日 | [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) |
| 尽日 | [じんじつ, jinjitsu] (n-adv,n-t) last day of the month (year); New Year's Eve; all day long |
| 屠蘇気分 | [とそきぶん, tosokibun] (n) festive New Year's mood |
| 年末年始 | [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 |
| 年賀葉書 | [ねんがはがき, nengahagaki] (n) New Year's postcard |
| 恵方参り;恵方詣り;恵方詣(io) | [えほうまいり, ehoumairi] (n) New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction |
| 数え | [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 |
| 数え年 | [かぞえどし, kazoedoshi] (n) 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 |
| 歌会始め;歌会始 | [うたかいはじめ, utakaihajime] (n) annual New Year's poetry reading |
| 歯固め;歯固(io) | [はがため, hagatame] (n) (1) tooth hardening toy (for infants); teether; teething ring; (2) tooth hardening meal; New Year's feast |
| 火祭;火祭り | [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 |
| 生剥;生剥げ | [なまはげ, namahage] (n) folklore demons of the Oga Peninsula (villagers dress up as namahage on New Year's Eve and frighten children) |
| 田遊び;田遊 | [たあそび, taasobi] (n) ritual Shinto performance (usually performed around New Year's) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year |
| 講書始 | [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) |
| 鏡開き | [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. |
| 鳥追い;鳥追 | [とりおい, torioi] (n) (1) driving off birds; (2) procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; (3) female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; (4) street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan |
| 鳥追棒 | [とりおいぼう, torioibou] (n) (arch) (See 鳥追・2) stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession) |
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