Now you know how to talk about date and time in Japanese, let’s continue with some more special occasions, holidays and how to wish people well in Japanese.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Japanese“.

Holidays & Good wishes in Japanese

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Good wishes

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)		Japanese
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
All the best!では、ご機嫌よう！では、ごきげんよう！dewa, gokigenyou!
Congratulations!おめでとうございます！おめでとうございます！omedetougozaimasu!
Good luck!幸運を！こううんを！kouun wo!
Happy birthday!誕生日おめでとう！たんじょうびおめでとう！tanjoubi omedetou!
Merry Christmas!メリークリスマス！めりーくりすます！merii kurisumasu!
Happy Easter!ハッピーイースター！はっぴーいーすたーhappi iisutaa!
Happy New Year!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！akemashite omedetou gozaimasu
with all my heart / wholehearted心を込めてこころをこめてkokoro wo komete

Holidays & festive occasions

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)		Japanese
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
birthday誕生日たんじょうびtanjoubi
Christmasクリスマスくりすますkurisumasu
Yuleクリスマスシーズンくりすますしーずんkurisumasu shiizun
Christmas Eveクリスマスイブくりすますいぶkurisumasu ibu
Easterイースターいーすたーiisutaa
Easter holidaysイースターホリデイいーすたーほりでいiisutaa holidei
Pentecost / Whitsunペンテコステぺんてこすてpentekosute
New Year’s Eve大晦日おおみそかoomisoka
New Year新年しんねんshinnen
wedding結婚式けっこんしきkekkonshiki
name day聖名祝日せいめいしゅくじつseimei shukujitsu
Valentine’s Dayバレンタインデイばれんたいんでいbarentain dei
anniversary記念日きねんびkinenbi

Verbs

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)		Japanese
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
(to) invite招待するしょうたいするshoutai suru
(to) wish願い事をするねがいごとをするnegaigoto wo suru
(to) make a giftプレセントをあげるぷれぜんとをあげるpurezento wo ageru
(to) get貰うもらうmorau

Vocabulary & Phrases

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)		Japanese
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
partyパーティーぱーてぃーpaatii
birthday party誕生日パーティーたんじょうびぱーてぃーtanjoubi paatii
invitation招待状しょうたいじょうshoutaijou
I invite you to the party!私はあなたをパーティーに招待しますわたしはあなたをぱーてぃにしょうたいしますwatashi wa anata wo paatii ni shoutai shimasu
wish願い事ねがいごとnegaigoto
What would you like? / What do you want?あなたは何がほしいですか？あなたはなにがほしいですか？anata wa nani ga hoshii desuka?
surpriseサプライズさぷらいずsapuraizu
present / giftプレゼントぷれぜんとpurezento

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