新 春(しんしゅん)

しんしゅん

noun

New Year; early spring

1. New Year, the beginning of the new year

A formal and slightly literary term for the New Year period. Used in greetings, advertisements, and announcements around the start of the year.

新春(しんしゅん)おめでとうございます。

Happy New Year.

新春(しんしゅん)セールが始(はじ)まった。

The New Year sale has started.

毎年(まいとし)新春(しんしゅん)には特別(とくべつ)な番組(ばんぐみ)がテレビで放送(ほうそう)される。

Every year, special programs are broadcast on TV during the New Year period.

Usage

新春(しんしゅん) is more formal and literary than 正月(しょうがつ) (New Year). It is commonly used in greetings, advertisements, media, and ceremonial contexts rather than in everyday conversation.

Common collocations

新春(しんしゅん)セール: New Year sale
新春(しんしゅん)特別(とくべつ)番組(ばんぐみ): New Year special program
新春(しんしゅん)のお慶(よろこ)びを申(もう)し上(あ)げます: formal New Year greeting
新春(しんしゅん)初(はつ)売(う)り: first sale of the new year

Etymology

The characters 新(しん) (new) + 春(しゅん) (spring) reflect the traditional East Asian calendar where the new year fell in early spring.

Related Words

Compare: 初春(しょしゅん) (early spring)

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