sumitsuke shōgatsu
1. event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)
Noun
1. event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)
1. New Year (esp. first three days)
2. first month of the year; January
1. lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
1. If it is January; When it is January
1. Was not January.; Was not New Year's.
1. Wasn't January.; Wasn't New Year's.
1. New Year's; January's
1. It is January.; Happy New Year.
1. It wasn't January.; It wasn't New Year's.
1. Wasn't New Year's.; Wasn't January.