New Year Card Japanese Greetings

Wish good cheer and happiness on japanese new year to your friends and family with these beautiful and lovely cards.

New year card japanese greetings. If somebody in their family died japanese are not supposed to send new year cards. The japanese custom of sending written new year s greetings dates back to at least the heian era 794 1185 when the nobility started to write such letters to people who lived too far away for the usual face to face new year greetings.

You could also go for something like. On the occasion of shogatsu may the new year be fruitful. The rest of the expressions can be used as a greeting.

They literally mean happy new year and congratulations for the new. Instead they send out normal postcards early on called mourning postcards 喪中葉書 mochū hagaki in order to let everybody know they won t accept or send new year cards expressing their respect for the deceased.

Japanese new year is celebrated every year on january 1 st it is an annual japanese event which has its own customs. Japanese new year s greeting cards are called 年賀状 ねんがじょう or nengajo when you are in japan or have japanese friends you know for sure you will be receiving at least. Note that kinga shinnen 謹賀新年 kyouga shinnen 恭賀新年 gashou 賀正 and geishun 迎春 are seasonal words that are not used in regular conversation.

An example of nengajo for 2017. There are two ways of saying happy new year. Used when congratulating a recently married couple.

Wishing the both of you all the happiness in the world. I hope for your favour again in the coming year. Congratulations and warm wishes to both of you on your wedding day.