JLPT N5 • GREETINGS

Happy New Year

Practice Question

🎉 Explanation

English Explanation

「あけまして おめでとう ございます」 is the traditional and polite greeting used to say "Happy New Year" in Japan. It is expressed once the new year has officially begun (never before). 「あけまして」 refers to the dawning/opening of the new year.

日本語解説

新年が明けた後に交わされる、最も代表的で丁寧な年頭の挨拶表現です。年が明ける前に言ってはいけないというマナーがあります。

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