こしょうがつ
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of
こしょうがつ
– see the following entry.
【
小正月
】
[noun]
The
first
full moon
of the
new year
, on the 15th day of the first
lunar
month
(approximately mid-
February
).
(This term,
こしょうがつ
(
koshōgatsu
)
, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)