6課 - New Year's・お正月 Flashcards
Learn to: year-end festivals; share experiences from past; communicate taking & bringing things/people; giving and receiving
(お)正月
しょうがつ
New Year
lit: the proper month
(お)餅
もち
pounded rice cakes
神社
じんじゃ
shrine (shinto)
(お)寺
てら
temple (buddhist)
教会
きょうかい
church (christian)
クリスマスツリー
christmas tree
写真を 取る
しゃしんを とる
to take a photo
作る
つくる
to make
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もうすぐ
very soon
初めて
はじめて
(for the) first time
モスク
mosque
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シナゴーグ
synagogue
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大晦日
おおみそか
New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31st)
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クリスマスイブ
Christmas Eve
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年賀状
ねんがじょう
New Year’s card
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着物
きもの
kimono; Japanese traditional wear
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飾る
かざる
to decorate
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包む
つつむ
to wrap
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クリスマスプレゼント
Christmas present
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サンタクロース
Santa Claus
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how to conjugate into verb TA Form
how to express experiental koto ga aru
おせち料理
りょうり
traditional food eaten during the New Year’s holiday
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門松
かどまつ
a pine and bamboo standing decoration
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しめ飾り
ざり
rice straw rope with white strips of sacred paper
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鏡餅
かがみもち
New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
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除夜の鐘
じょやのかね
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year’s Eve
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年越しそば
としこしそば
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year’s Eve
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紅白歌合戦
こうはくうたがっせん
(Red and White Song Contest); annual singing contest between famous male and female singers on New Year’s Eve; sponsored and broadcast by NHK
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(お)天気
てんき
weather