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45 旧暦 Lunisolar Calendar

Alternative Meanings

Traditional Japanese Calendar, Japanese Calendar

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

きゅうれき

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

旧暦の正月といえばいつになりますかね。

When will it be the lunar calendar’s New Year?

Meaning Explanation

The former calendar is the calendar from before. It's the lunisolar calendar and the traditional Japanese calendar. Certainly not the current calendar, anyways.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

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