'Ake mashite
omedetou gozai masu !!
== A Happy New Year
!!==
ﾟ ﾚﾇ ﾃ萍 ﾈﾎﾑ |
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 New
year's holiday is one of the most important
occasion for Japanese people. All the family and relatives
get together.
ﾚﾘ睨 ﾑﾃﾓ ﾇ瞠菲 ﾇﾍﾏﾉ 聿 ﾃ裙 ﾇ矼萇ﾓﾈﾇﾊ 矣ﾔﾚﾈ ﾇ硼ﾇﾈﾇ蓖
ﾌ肬ﾚ ﾇ眦ﾞﾇﾑﾈ ﾇ瞽ﾇﾆ睨 ﾊﾌﾊ聚 聚ﾇ ﾝ 衵ﾇ ﾇ硼跂
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The
celebration begins on New Year's Eve. On the night of 31 December,
the family eats noodles, which represents long life, then
goes to a local shrine or temple to pray for good fortune
in the comming year.
ﾇ睇ﾍﾊﾝﾇ ﾈﾏﾃ ﾈ肆睹 ﾇ瞠菲 ﾇ睥ﾏﾏﾉ ﾝ 硼睨 ﾇ礦ﾇﾍﾏ
ﾇ睛睇ﾋ 聿 ﾟﾇ蓙 ﾇ眦趁 ﾇ瞽ﾇﾆ睨 ﾊﾌﾊ聚 睫ﾃﾟ ﾇ砌賺瞑 褊
ﾃﾟ睨 ﾊﾔﾈ ﾇ矼ﾚﾟﾑ趾ﾉﾇ睫 ﾚﾊﾞﾏ ﾃ蒟ﾇ ﾊﾘ ﾇ瞽耜 ﾋ ﾐ衒趾 ﾇ碆
ﾇ矼ﾚﾈﾏ矣ﾕ睇ﾉ 矣ﾍﾙ ﾇ瞠ﾚﾏ ﾝ ﾇ瞠菲 ﾇ睥ﾏﾏﾉ
'kitsune soba' |
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'osechi'
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On
1 January a special food 'osechi'
is served. Everyone looks forward to receiving New Year's
greeting cards(*see...about page).
ﾝ ﾇ硼跂 ﾇ眦趁 聿 ﾇ瞠菲 ﾇ睥ﾏﾏﾉ ﾞﾏ ﾘﾚﾇ ﾎﾇﾕ
ﾏﾚ ﾃ贊ﾊﾔ ﾇ矚 萍ﾙﾑ 硼ﾞﾏ 砒 ﾈﾘﾇﾞﾉ ﾊ裝ﾆﾉ ﾈﾇ瞽ﾇ ﾇ睥ﾏﾏ
the couple is prepareing for 'mochi'(rice-cake)
ﾇ瞑賣ﾇ ﾍﾖﾑﾇ ﾟﾚﾟ ﾇ瞋ﾒ ﾃ ﾇ矼賁ﾔ |
New Year's Event
==You should not miss it!== |
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'kaki zome'
ﾟﾇﾟ ﾒ跂
'kaki zome' ..new year's writing, means 'new year's sunrise'.
What does it imply? You may write down your new year's wish
in your own language.
ﾊﾚ蓖 ﾟﾇﾟ ﾒ跂 ﾔ耨 ﾓ菲 ﾌﾏﾏﾉ ﾊﾔﾑﾞ 褊 ﾊﾚ蓖 ﾓ菲
ﾌﾏﾏﾉ ﾈﾇ矣ﾛﾉ ﾇ瞽ﾑﾈﾉ |
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'kagmi Biraki'
ﾟﾇﾛﾇ肬 ﾈﾑﾇﾟ
Open 'sake' barrel, share glass of 'sake' together. 'kagami',
means mirror, is supposed in which spirit lives in. The top
of 'sake' barrel. its circular shape looks like a mirror,
we name it 'kagami'.
萬ﾊﾍ ﾈﾑ肬 ﾇ瞠ﾇﾟ 耆 萸ﾈﾟ ﾚ蔆 ﾇ睇葹硼ﾒ 賍碆
ﾔﾑﾝﾟ ﾟﾇﾛﾇ肬 ﾊﾚ蓖 ﾇ矼ﾑﾂﾉ ﾚﾊﾞﾏ ﾃ ﾇ瞋賚 ﾊﾚﾔ ﾝ衂
'hiraki' means open. Opening mirror, we pray for the peace
and joy of the new year.
ﾞ趁 ﾚ蔆衂 ﾈﾑﾇﾟ ﾊﾚ蓖 ﾇﾝﾊﾍ ﾃ ﾊﾝﾊﾍ ﾇ矼ﾂﾉ ﾚ蔆衂
蒄硼 聿 ﾃﾌ ﾇ瞠睇 ﾇ矍ﾑﾍﾉ |
''kagami mochi'
ﾟﾇﾛﾇ肬 肆ﾊﾔ
'mochi' means this circular rice cake. You may find out these
kind of rice cake wherever you go in Japan, especially around
new year.
肆ﾊﾔ ﾊﾚ蓖 ﾟﾚﾟ 耘贄 聿 ﾇ瞋ﾒﾊﾓﾊﾘﾚ ﾃ ﾊﾌﾏ ﾝ
ﾟ ﾇ睚賁 ﾇ硼ﾇﾈﾇ蓖ﾉ ﾎﾇﾕﾉ ﾝ ﾃﾚﾇﾏ ﾑﾃﾓ ﾇ瞠菲
It will be devided and shared by all the family.
ﾞﾘﾚ ﾚ碆 ﾘﾑﾞﾉ ﾇ矚ﾇﾊ 贅ﾚ ﾚ碆 ﾟ ﾇ瞽ﾇﾆ睨 |
'kagami mochi |
