大晦日

大晦日

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	晦	日
おお Grade: 1	みそ Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 1

Etymology

/opomisoka/ → /ofomisoka/ → */owomisoka/ → /oːmisoka/

From Old Japanese. Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 三十 (miso, “thirty, thirtieth”) +‎ 日 (ka, “day”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおみ​そか [òómíꜜsòkà] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːmʲiso̞ka̠]

Alternative forms

• 大みそか

Noun

大晦日 (hiragana おおみそか, rōmaji ōmisoka, historical hiragana おほみそか)

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

See also

• 元 (がん)旦 (たん) (gantan, “New Year's Day”)
• 正月 (しょうがつ) (shōgatsu, “New Year”)

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