New Year
新年
解説 Definition
新年
The beginning of a new calendar year and the period of celebration associated with it. The expression commonly appears in greetings such as “Happy New Year!” and can refer more broadly to the holiday season around the year's beginning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
new（新しい）と year（年）をそのまま組み合わせた表現です。Happy New Year! は定番の新年の挨拶として一まとまりで覚えましょう。New Year は新年の時期や行事を広く指し、1月1日だけを特定する New Year's Day や、前日の New Year's Eve と区別します。
The structure gives you the meaning directly: new plus year means the newly beginning year. Fix it in memory through the standard greeting “Happy New Year!” New Year can describe the general occasion or festive period, not only one particular date. Keep it separate from New Year's Day, which specifically names the first day of the year, and New Year's Eve, which names the final evening before it. Notice the capital letters when the words name the holiday or celebration.
例文
Happy New Year!
あけましておめでとう！
New Year is a happy time for us.
新年は私たちにとって楽しい時です。
New Year の類義語・関連語
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New Year の語源・成り立ち Etymology
「new（新しい）」と「year（年）」を組み合わせた言葉で、新しく始まる年を表します。
New Year is a transparent English compound formed from new and year. Both components are inherited Germanic words with long histories in English, but no hidden meaning is needed to understand the expression: it literally denotes a year that is beginning. Capitalization is customary when New Year refers to the holiday or celebration, especially in the fixed greeting “Happy New Year,” while lowercase may occur in more general references to a new year.
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