☆How to say Happy New Year in Japanese☆

Happy New Year in Japanese:
あけましておめでとうございます\(◕ω◕)/♥

Today we learned how to say Happy New Year in Japanese! We also learned another common expression that Japanese people use when wishing each other a Happy New Year, 今年もよろしくおねがいします。

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Number 1:

★ Happy New Year in Japanese is あけましておめでとうございます (akemashite omedetō gozaimasu)

★ A more casual way to say it is あけましておめでとう (akemashite omedetō) \(◕ω◕)/♥

★ Some young people shorten it even more to just あけおめ (ake ome). This is slang and should be used only in casual situations☆

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Number 2:

★ After wishing each other a Happy New Year, Japanese people often say this expression.

★ A more casual way to say it is 今年もよろしくね (kotoshi mo yoroshiku ne!) (◕ω<)♥

★ Some young people shorten this expression to ことよろ (koto yoro)! This is slang and should be used only in casual situations☆

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Happy New Year in Japanese:
あけましておめでとうございます\(◕ω◕)/♥

Do you know what Japanese people do on New Year’s day? The Japanese New Year is called 正月 (しょうがつ – shōgatsu) or お正月 (おしょうがつ – oshōgatsu).

On January first, it is customary to go to the local shrine or temple to wish for a good year. This is called 初詣 (はつもうで – hatsumōde). Some people wear the kimono on this occasion.

After making an offering, they choose a fortune, called おみくじ (omikuji), a slip of paper that tells your level of luck for the new year. If you pick bad luck, you are supposed to tie it to a tree or a wall of metal wires on the shrine grounds.

Special New Year’s food called おせち料理 (おせちりょうり – osechi ryōri) are prepared ahead of time and eaten on New Year’s day.

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Osechi ryōri includes many different traditional foods. They each have a meaning, such as “good health”, “fertility”, and “wealth”.

おいしそう！\(>ω<)/♥ It looks delicious!

Shōgatsu is also the time that children receive gifts of money in decorated envelopes called お年玉 (おとしだま – otoshidama) from their parents and older relatives.

いいね〜 (◕ω◕)♪ I want otoshidama too!

Another tradition is sending New Year’s cards called 年賀状 (ねんがじょう – nengajō) to friends and family to wish them a happy New Year.

Happy New Year in Japanese is 明けましておめでとうございます (akemashite omedetō gozaimasu)

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Learn how Japanese people celebrate the New Year and learn the Japanese words for New Year’s Eve and the Japanese New Year \(>ω<)/♥

New Year’s Eve in Japanese:
http://www.punipunijapan.com/toshikoshi-soba/

Japanese New Year:
http://www.punipunijapan.com/japanese-new-year/

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