Happy Greeting

Happy Greeting

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A Happy New Year!

One of the most popular words written on New Year’s greeting cards is “kinga shin nen.” You can use this word every year. Kin means humbly or respectfully and therefore we send New Year’s greetings humbly. Other words we often see on cards are gashō and gashun. Both mean “A Happy New Year!”

New Year’s cards are nengajō.

These words in written in Japanese are >>> here.

We use this character for other happy occasions. When we celebrate anniversaries or somebody’s achievement, we hold a party called shukugakai. If you wonder what shukugakai is like, look at >>> these photos.

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1. Draw the hook with an upward turn from the upper left corner of the character.
2. Draw the sweeping stroke from the top.
3. Begin to draw the upper right part of the character. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
4. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
5. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
6. Begin to draw the lower part. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
7. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
8. Draw the upper horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
9. Draw the lower horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
10. Draw the lower side of the rectangle. All the horizontal strokes are parallel.
11. Draw the sweeping dot at the bottom.
12. Draw the dot in the lower right corner of the character.