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Dictionary: “元日”

元日

がんじつ

new year's day

Example sentence

On New Year's Day many Japanese go to the shrine to worship.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

元
On
げん;がん
Kun
もと
Stroke count
4

・beginning

・former time

・origin

1 2 3 4
日
On
にち;じつ
Kun
ひ;-び;-か
Stroke count
4

・day

・sun

・japan

・counter for days

1 2 3 4

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