あけおめ – Happy New Year in Japanese
New Years is around the corner and there is no better time to learn how to say Happy New Year in Japanese. Let’s take a look.
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What is Happy New Year in Japanese?
There are a few ways to say Happy New Year in Japanese. They are all one form or another of あけましておめでとうございます.
- あけましておめでとうございます
- あけましておめでとう
- あけおめ
Above is the general three ways to say Happy New Year in Japanese in order of politeness. You can add the word 新年 to the beginning of あけましておめでとう and あけましておめでとうございます. 新年 means the new year. Or at least one way to say New Year.
正月 – How to say New Year in Japanese
あけおめ on the other hand is a pretty casual way among friends to wish people Happy New Year in Japanese.
https://japaneseuniverse.com/2024/02/18/pac-man-in-japaneseconcepts-behind-development-to-global-icon/What does あけまして mean?
あけまして in Kanji is 明けまして. This word comes from the Japanese verb, 明ける which means a few things.
- Becoming morning
- Transitioning to some new period of time
- Enter the New Year
So basically, it is a word to tell you a change in time.
年が明ける
Enter into the new year
Have a Good Year!
There is another holiday greetings in Japanese for the new year. That is 良いお年をお迎えください. This basically is a way to wish someone the best for the next year. There are a few forms of this also.
- 良いお年をお迎えください
- 良いお年を
- 良い年を
Again, the order from top to bottom would be the level of politeness in order. 良い年 means a good year, and 迎える which is the base verb form of お迎えください means to greet. So a direct translation would be may you greet a good new year.
