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    3. 賀状

    賀状

    賀が状じょう

    New Year's card

    KMT10News #38+1Ref L2NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    がじょう

    Noun

    1.
    New Year's card

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    お正しょう月がつに賀が状じょうを送おくります。

    I send New Year's cards for New Year's.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    毎まい年とし、友ゆう人じんや親しん戚せきに手て書がきの賀が状じょうを出だしている。

    Every year, I send handwritten New Year's cards to friends and relatives.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    最さい近きんでは、賀が状じょうの代かわりに電でん子しメールで新しん年ねんの挨あい拶さつをする人ひとも増ふえている。

    Recently, more people are greeting the New Year with emails instead of New Year's cards.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsTechnology
    日に本ほんの賀が状じょうには、その年としの干え支とのイラストが描えがかれることが多 い。

    Japanese New Year's cards often feature illustrations of the zodiac animal for that year.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    賀が状じょうの準じゅん備びは、年ねん末まつの日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな行ぎょう事じの一ひとつだ。

    Preparing New Year's cards is one of Japan's traditional year-end events.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    賀
    congratulations・joy
    状
    status quo・conditions・circumstances・form・appearance
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