First week of the year and first lessons of the year.
Tell me: how do you say “happy new year” in your target language?
I know there are others learning German here so I’ll use the Austrian version:
Prosit Neujahr!
First week of the year and first lessons of the year.
Tell me: how do you say “happy new year” in your target language?
I know there are others learning German here so I’ll use the Austrian version:
Prosit Neujahr!
In Japanese, from what I understand you use different phrases around the new year.
Up until the year switches over - よいお年をお迎えください (yoi otoshi wo omukae kudasai), probably usually shortened to just よいお年を. It means something like ‘please welcome/receive a good year’.
On (maybe after?) the first of the year, it would instead be 明けましておめでとうございます (akemashite omedetou gozaimasu). Which, I’m not sure exactly about… maybe something like congrats on a new beginning?
Yes, if literal, it’s something like “[a new year] has dawned, congratulations.” The first one’s a lot like how we’d say “wishing you a happy new year” in December.
And of course, since the Japanese love shortening things to four mora when speaking casually, there’s also あけおめ.
Interesting, Austrians do the same and say "good sliding [into the new year] right before new year, which they switch to “happy new year” when it’s actually new year.