16 Ways To Celebrate The New Year In Japanese
New Year Wishes take your lovely words to your family, friends, relatives, colleagues, acquaintances in short anyone you know. New Year Wishes Greetings could be as casual or formal. Let me introduce how to correctly celebrate the new year in Japanese.
あけましておめでとう。(akemashite-omedetou)
Happy New Year!
“New Year” in Japanese is not just on January 1st, but “Shogatsu season” from January 1st to 7th. So, you would use “あけましておめでとう。” to Japanese from January 1st to 7th. You can also email or text “あけましておめでとう。”. Furthermore, “あけおめ” is used as casual, “あけましておめでとう。” is used as casual and polite and lastly “あけましておめでとうございます。” is used as polite and formal. “あけおめ” stands for “あけましておめでとう” which is slang and can be used for only your friends. Everyone could use “あけおめ”, “あけましておめでとう。” and “あけましておめでとうございます。” in different situations.
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