Etymology

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Today it means: A Japanese drinking party held at the end of the year, generally among groups of co-workers or friends, to forget the woes and troubles of the past year and look to the future. Full definition →

Japanese 忘年会
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from忘年会
  2. English todaybonenkai

From Japanese 忘年会, literally "forget-the-year gathering".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.