toshi-otoko also means men who were born in the year of the same zodiac sign (symbolic animal ) with that of the current year . 年男（としおとこ） その年の干支に当たる男性のことをさして呼ぶ。
and that a calendar should be distributed to each official before the current year ends and the ceremony is conducted according to this rule . 各官司に1本ずつ与えて年が終わる前に頒布することが定められており、これに基づいて行われる儀式である。
the methodology used by the agency takes account on integrated values of average ambient temperatures between the fall of the previous year and the current month based on data on flowering dates and average ambient temperatures in the past , the actual and forecasted ambient temperatures during the current year . ここでは、過去の開花日や平均気温、その年の気温の状況や予想などのデータを元に前年秋からの平均気温の積算値を考慮した方法を使っている。
bonenkai (literally , forget-the-year party ) is an annual event held at the end of the year by an organization or group to give those attending a chance to look back at the past year and show their appreciation for the hardships they have each endured , before forgetting the current year and committing themselves to making a fresh start in the upcoming year . 忘年会（ぼうねんかい）とは、組織や集団が一年の終わりにその一年間を振り返り、その間の苦労をねぎらい、忘れると共に新たな一年に向けて気持ちを新たにするために行われる年中行事である。
