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N4Often tested名

しょうがつ

正月

New Year; New Year holidays

お正月しょうがつは家族かぞくと過すごします。

I spend New Year's with my family.

In Minna no Nihongo (2nd ed.), lesson 13 · Standard Japanese: Elementary, lesson 20

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