新年【しんねん】:天文
【てんもん】
shinnen: tenmon,
New Year: The Heavens
初日
【はつひ】
hatsu hi,
first sun [that is, New Year's Day sunrise] (New Year).
初日影
【はつひかげ】
hatsu hikage,
first sunshine
初日の出
【はつひので】
hatsu hinode,
first sunrise
初空
【はつぞら】
hatsuzora,
first sky [that is, on New Year's Day] (New Year).
初御空
【はつみそら】
hatsu misora,
first sky [御「み」 -mi- is honorific, but carries also the notion of beauty by way of homonym 美【み】mi]
淑気
【しゃくき】
shakuki,
pure air / pristine air [as a congratulatory welcome to the New Year] (New Year).
初凪
【はつなぎ】
hatsunagi,
first calm [wind and sea on New Year's Day] (New Year).
御降
【おさがり】
osagari,
first precipitation [on New Year's Day] (New Year).
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