大晦

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
大 晦
おお
Grade: 1		 つごもり
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
大晦日

From 大 (ō-, “great”) +‎ 晦 (tsugomori, “last day of a (lunar) month”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おおつご​もり [òótsúgóꜜmòrì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) おおつ​ごもり [òótsúꜜgòmòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːt͡sɨᵝɡo̞mo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

大(おお)晦(つごもり) • (ōtsugomori) ←おほつごもり (ofotugomori)?

  1. the last day of the year, New Year's Eve
    Synonyms: 大年 (ōtoshi), 大晦日 (ōmisoka)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
大 晦
おお
Grade: 1		 つもごり
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
大晦日

From 大 (ō-, “great”) +‎ 晦 (tsumogori, “last day of a (lunar) month”, alteration of tsugomori).

Noun

大(おお)晦(つもごり) • (ōtsumogori) ←おほつもごり (ofotumogori)?

  1. (rare) the last day of the year, New Year's Eve

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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