Akemashite Omedetō Gozaimasu!

謹賀新年。 昨年は大変お世話になりましてありがとうございました。 今年もよろしくお願いいたします。

Virtual nengajo (greeting card for the Japanese New Year). Text meaning: In the center of the image: 新年あけましておめでとうございます(reading: shinnen akemashite o-medetō gozaimasu) = Congratulations on the New Year. In the bottom of the image: 昨年は大変お世話になりまして、ありがとうございました。 今年もよろしくお願いいたします = 'Thank you for all your hard work (great help) during the past year. I hope (ask) for your favour again in the coming year'.

Virtual greeting card for the Japanes New Year's celebration (2014 - the Year of the Horse). Text meaning (from right to left): Kinga Shinnen (謹賀新年) = japanese expression equivalent with 'Happy New Year'. 昨年中は大変お世話になりまして、ありがとうございました。 'Thank you for all your hard work (great help) during the past year.' 本年もどうぞよろしくお願い申し上げます。= 'I hope (ask) for your favour again in the coming year' (a very polite formula). The last column: Gantan = 'New Year's Day'.

Nengajo for the Year of the Horse. Text meaning (from top): Kinga Shinnen (謹賀新年) is a japanese expression equivalent with 'Happy New Year'. 昨年は大変お世話になり、ありがとうございました。 Thank you for all your hard work (great help) during the past year. 今年もよろしくお願いいたします。 I hope (ask) for your favour again in the coming year'. Gantan (元旦) = 'New Year's Day'.

Virtual Nengajo

Hi, everyone.

Because the Japanese New Year (お正月, o-shōgatsu) is coming, I have drawn some new virtual Nengajo's (japanese New Year greeting cards).

The New Year holidays (o-shōgatsu) are very important to the Japanese. In the last days of the year, approximately four billion post cards expressly intended for use as New Year's cards are sold throughout Japan.

Although traditionally these greeting cards were sent only by post, in recent years people have started to send virtual Nengajo's as well as printed Nengajo's. If you have japanese friends (or japanese clients, colleagues, business partners, etc) whom you want to congratulate on New Year, the easiest way to do so is to send them virtual Nengajo's.

This Nengajo will be very soon available as a free eCard on my website, seiza.ro:

Virtual Nengajo. Image size: 600x500 px. Text meaning (from right to left): The text written inside the circle: Kinga Shinnen = japanese expression equivalent with 'Happy New Year'. The first two columns: 'Thank you for all your hard work (great help) during the past year'. The 3rd column: 'I hope (ask) for your favour again in the coming year'. Last column: Gantan - the morning of January 1st.