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New Year's Holidays in Japan

Osechi ryori - Photodisc

Shogatsu - Japanese New Year

Kadomatsu - Gallo Images

Greetings for Special Occasions - New Year's Celebration

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Japanese Writing Systems
Kanji Lessons - Japanese writing systems
aiueo -
The Sounds of Japanese
Japanese has an open-syllable sound pattern, meaning that most syllables end in a vowel.
Kadomatsu - Gallo Images
Greetings for Special Occasions - New Year's Celebration
Greeting with appropriate words is important for socializing. Learn how to say Happy New Year in Japanese.
Osechi ryori - Photodisc
Shogatsu - Japanese New Year
Shogatsu are considered the most important holidays for the Japanese.
The Relationship with ASEAN
Learn from a column about "The Relationship with ASEAN" from "Yoroku" by Mainichi Shinbun.
Japanese Yakko kite - GYRO PHOTOGRAPHY
New Year's Holidays in Japan
In Japan "shogatsu (New Year's holidays)" is a time when everybody takes a few days off to celebrate the arrival of the new year.
Sawa Homare -
Preparing for a Soccer Miracle
Learn from a column about "Preparing for a soccer miracle" from "Yoroku" by Mainichi Shinbun.
Vegetables -
Vegetables - Japanese Vocabulary
Learn basic Japanese language vocabulary for vegetables with audio files.
Farm animals -
Meat - Japanese Vocabulary
Learn basic Japanese language vocabulary for meat with audio files.
Mt. Fuji - amana images
Writing Japanese New Year's Cards
The Japanese send New Year's cards (nengajo) rather than Christmas cards. Try sending them to surprise your Japanese friends!
Snowman -
Snowman
Daylight Saving Time (summer time) started in North America this week. It is called "samaa taimu" or "natsu-jikan" in Japanese.
Mt. Fuji -
Japanese for Travelers: Getting Around
Do you plan to go for a trip to Japan? Learn some useful expressions before you go.
Ohayou -
Japanese Greetings
Learning greetings is a great way to start communicating people in their language. Please listen the audio carefully, and mimic what you hear rather than reading words.
Waraji -
Binbougami no Waraji - Learn from a Story
"Binbougami no Waraji" is one of the Japanese folk tales.
Christmas Eve -
The Lyrics for "Christmas Eve" by Tatsuro Yamashita
Here is the lyrics for "Christmas Eve" by Tatsuro Yamashita.
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