新年 New Year's Day
New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome. With most countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year's Day is the closest thing to being the world's only truly global public holiday, often celebrated with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts. January 1 on the Julian calendar currently corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian calendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year.
年賀状 New Year Card 英語メッセージ
Happy New Year 2011
2011年 新年おめでとう
I wish you a Happy New Year.
あけましておめでとうございます
May this year be happy and fruitful!
今年も幸せで実り多い一年になりますように
I hope you are enjoying nice holidays with your lovely family!
あなたが素敵な家族と一緒に良い休日を楽しんでいますように
Vocabulary Quiz
どの単語と単語がマッチしてるかわかるかな？
| 元旦 | ・ | ・ | New Year's gift | |
| 正月飾り | ・ | ・ | New Year soup with rice cakes and vegetables | |
| 初詣 | ・ | ・ | New Year's day | |
| 雑煮 | ・ | ・ | New Year's Eve Bells | |
| 門松 | ・ | ・ | Making rice cakes | |
| 鏡餅 | ・ | ・ | New Year's card | |
| 祝い箸 | ・ | ・ | Specially prepared New Year's dish/ cuisine | |
| おせち料理 | ・ | ・ | New Year's pine and bamboo decorations | |
| 除夜の鐘 | ・ | ・ | large round mirror-shaped rice cakes | |
| 年越しそば | ・ | ・ | Rice porridge with Seven Grasses of Spring | |
| 餅つき | ・ | ・ | The first temple and shrine visit of the New Year | |
| 年賀状 | ・ | ・ | The first calligraphy | |
| お年玉 | ・ | ・ | special festival chopsticks for New Year | |
| 書初め | ・ | ・ | New Year's Decorations | |
| 七草粥 | ・ | ・ | backwheat noodles |