March; third month of the lunar calendar
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
January; first month of the lunar calendar
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
February; second month of the lunar calendar
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
(full) moon; moon when it's round
what date?; what's the date?; when?
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues
Little New Year (festival held on January 15); 14th-16th days of the New Year; Koshōgatsu
staying at home during the New Year's holiday
July Revolution (France, 1830)
February Revolution (France, 1848); February Revolution (Russia, 1917)
lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
March Revolution (Austria and Germany, 1848); February Revolution (Russia, 1917)
feast for one's eyes; sight as pleasing as the New Year
first seven days of the year
Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers
January; (lit.) 13th month
twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)
putting on weight over the New Year's holidays
April Theses; series of directives issued by Lenin after his return from exile
Girls' Festival (March 3); Dolls' Festival
as if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; (lit.) as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time; as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time
15th day of the New Year (when women would belatedly do their New Year's greetings or go back to their parents' homes; in Kyoto and Osaka)
May 68 (period of civil unrest in France; May-June 1968)
the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers
film shown over the New Year period
blues experienced by workplace recruits shortly after beginning work
Black September (Palestinian extremist group responsible for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics)
October Revolution (Russia, 1917); German Revolution (1918-1919)
blues experienced by man who did not receive Valentine's day chocolate
Christmas blues; holiday stress (during December)
last day of February; last day of the second lunar month
event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)
January (according to the new calendar)
last day of March; last day of the third lunar month (marking the end of spring)
euphoria experienced by college students or workplace recruits at the beginning of school or work