Gantan

元旦 (Gantan) is a Japanese noun meaning “New Year's Day, first day of the year, New Year's morning, morning of New Year's Day”.

Meanings

  1. nounNew Year's Day; first day of the year
  2. nounNew Year's morning; morning of New Year's Dayorig. meaning

Examples

  • New Year's Day is the key to the year.

  • On New Year's Day, many people visit neighborhood shrines.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 元旦

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