Learn
how to write a New Year's card in Japanese.
What is "Nen Ga Jyou"?
On this page, firstly you will read a New Year's
card which is handwritten, and then will give you some tips
for writing "Happy New Year" in Japanese.
By the way, we send a new year card in Japan
before the 1st of January, and it is called "Nen ga Jyou"
This card is written downwards and you start
reading at the top right, down the column.
This is the tradtionall way of writing letters or cards in
Japanese.
However, many Japanese people also write words horizontally.
So, Vertically, we read from right to left and
top to bottom.
Horizontally, we read from left to right.
Because the vertical writing is more formal or
tradtional tone, we write a New Year's greeting card in the
tradtional downwards style.
Japanese
symbols you must write in a New Years' card
Because the vertical writing is more formal or
tradtional tone, we write a New Year's greeting card in the
tradtional downwards style.
The first four letters represent
"Happy New Year" in Japanese, and
called "Kin Ga Shin Nen". There is
another way of saying which is written next
to it, "A ke ma shi te o me de tou go za
i ma su".
The following is how we normally
say in the New Year to people in Japanese.
If you are travelling to Japan on the 1st of
January, you can say the following phrase to
Japanese people.
Happy New Year
(A ke ma shi te
o me de to u) |
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I hope to see more of you
in this year
(ko toshi mo
yo ro shi ku
o nega i shi ma su) |
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me too
(ko chi ra ko so) |
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