| Shogatsu lost such a meaning when people started to use the age based on the length of time from their birth, and shogatsu became an event to celebrate only the change of the calendar year (to welcome the new year). |
満年齢を使うようになってからはそのような意味合いはなくなり、単に年が変わったこと（新年）を祝う行事となっている。 |