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元日 (がんじつ): New Year's Day — Japanese vocabulary

元日 is read がんじつ and means "New Year's Day". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

元日

Reading
がんじつ · ganjitsu
Translation
New Year's Day
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
がんじつが

Example

元日に神社へ参拝する日本人は多い。

がんじつにじんじゃへさんぱいするにほんじんはおおい。

On New Year's Day many Japanese go to the shrine to worship.

Kanji in this word

  • 元 — origin, former
  • 日 — day, sun, Japan

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