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?
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.
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.