Monthly Event: Japanese Language and Culture (JLC)
Making A New Year's Greeting Card
New Year's Card Sentences
- Hiragana:
- あけましておめでとうございます (general): A happy new year
- 明けましておめでとうございます (with Kanji): A happy new year
- 明けましておめでとう (casual): A happy new year
- Four Kanji Letter Sentences:
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「謹賀新年」:
謹(kin; modestly) 賀(ga; celebrate), 年(shin; new) 年(nen; year)
"Kin ga shin nen" means "we will modestly celebrate a new year."
- One Kanji Letter Sentences:
- 「寿」:寿(kotobuki; longevity), happy new year
- 「福」:福(fuku; happiness); fortune; happiness
- 「賀」:賀(ga; celebrate); celebration
- 「春」:春(shun; spring); new year, the beginning of the year
- Two Kanji Letter Sentences:
- 「賀正」:賀(ga; celebrate), 正(sho; new year; shogatsu 正月), New Year's Day: Celebration
- 「迎春」:迎(gei; welcome), 春(shun; spring; shinshun 新春), Welcoming Spring: Welcoming the New Year