歳末さいまつ (saimatsu)

デパートの 歳末さいまつ 大売出おおうりだしが 始はじまったよ。

The department store has kicked off the year-end sales.

歳末昏時（12月31日夕の勤行）の前に、修正会の荘厳をする。

The shogon for the Shusho-e is done before the Saimatsukonshi (gongyo held at the evening of December 31).

その年の11月から歳末にかけて、社会一般で火事に気をつけることがよく言われる。

The general public is often told to take precautions against fires between November and the end of the year.

盛岡文士劇は、昭和24年、作家の鈴木彦次郎を中心に始まり、歳末恒例の盛岡名物として第13回の昭和37年まで盛岡劇場（旧盛岡劇場）で上演された。

The Morioka bunshi-geki began in 1949 with Hikojiro SUZUKI, a writer, as a central figure and had been performed thirteen times until 1962 at the Morioka Theater (old Morioka Theater) as a Morioka's annual year-end attraction.

年に小型の電動（自動）餅つき機が普及し、一般家庭で古典的餅つき風景を見ることは少なくなったが、自治会や子供会の行事としては今も人気があり、歳末の風物詩となっている。

In 1974, small electric (automatic) mochi pounding machines started to prevail and the scene of classical mochi pounding became less seen in the ordinary homes, however, the classical mochi pounding is currently still popular as an event held by a neighborhood association or a children's association, and gives a poetic touch to the end of the year.

デパートの入口付近に据えられた救世軍の社会鍋(なべ)は東京の歳末風景には欠かせない一点景である. The Salvation Army charity pot placed near the entrance of a department store is an indispensable part of the year‐end scene in Tokyo.一方、京都で歳末に行われる顔見世興行は、市民に季節の風物として根付いており客足が途絶える事はなかった。

On the other hand, kaomisekogyo held in Kyoto at year-end was well rooted among local citizens as a seasonal event and attendance never fell.1974