新年しんねんおめでとうございます

Japanese

Japanese phrasebook

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Kanji in this term
新しん	年とし
しん Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 明あきら(あ)けましておめでとう (akemashite omedetō)
• 明あきら(あ)けましておめでとうございます (akemashite omedetō gozaimasu)
• 新しん(しん)年とし(ねん)明あきら(あ)けましておめでとうございます (shinnen akemashite omedetō gozaimasu)
• 謹(きん)賀が(が)新しん(しん)年とし(ねん) (kinga shinnen)

Phrase

新しん(しん)年とし(ねん)おめでとうございます • (shinnen omedetō gozaimasu) 

1. Happy New Year!

Usage notes

• The phrase should not be used before the new year has begun.

Related terms

• 良りょう(よ)いお年とし(とし)をお迎むかい(むか)え下した(くだ)さい (yoi otoshi o omukae kudasai)

See also

• Japanese New Year on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Muira, Akira: Japanese words & their uses. Charles E. tuttle Company, 1990. →ISBN