大晦日

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
大 晦 日
おお
Grade: 1		 みそか
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
kun’yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
大三十日

From 大 (ō-, “great”) +‎ 三十日 (misoka, “thirtieth/last day of a (lunar) month”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

大(おお)晦日(みそか) • (ōmisoka) ←おほみそか (ofomisoka)?

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

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
大 晦 日
おお
Grade: 1		 つごもり
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
kun’yomi jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 大晦日 – see the following entry.
【大晦おおつごもり】
[noun] the last day of the year, New Year's Eve
【大晦おおつもごり】
[noun] (rare) the last day of the year, New Year's Eve
(This term, 大晦日, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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