Meaning of 大晦日(おおみそか) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 大晦日, 大みそか

Kana Reading おおみそか

Romaji ōmisoka

Parts of speech

noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)

Meaning

New Year's Eve; December 31st

Examples of 大晦日, 大みそか, おおみそか in a sentence

トムは元気を取り戻した。そして、やっぱり、大晦日にはびっこを引きながらもパーティーに参加できた。

Tom took heart and, sure enough, on New Year's Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
おおみそかには電車は終夜運転します。

On New Year's Eve, the trains will run all night.

Related Kanji

大 JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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日 JLPT 5

4 strokes

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

On'Yomi: ニチ, ジツ

Kun'Yomi: ひ, -び, -か

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晦

10 strokes

dark, disappear

On'Yomi: カイ

Kun'Yomi: つごもり, くら.い, みそか, くら.む

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