年賀状

ねんがじょう

Meanings

1. Noun New Year's card

Kanji

• 年 year. Read as ネン.
• 賀 congratulate
• 状 condition. Read as ジョウ.

Example sentences

• もう年賀状を全部書いてしまったのですか。
  Have you written all the New Year's cards already?
• 年賀状はもう全部書き上げましたか？
  Have you written all the New Year's cards already?
• 友達に年賀状を出すのを忘れてた。
  I forgot to send New Year's cards to my friends.
• 年賀状のおかげで私達は友達や親戚の消息が分かる。
  New Year's cards provide us with the opportunity to hear from friends and relatives.
• 年賀状を書くのは日本の習慣である。
  Writing new year's cards is a Japanese institution.

Common phrases

• 年賀状を送る
• 年賀状が届く
• 年賀状を出す

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