First of all, I wish everyone a happy New Year. We are still busy with several other community New Year activities, only now did I remember to come to the blog to write an article
Isn't it just a few days after the start of school on the second, and we have finals coming up? Our Japanese teacher predicts that the short essay may involve "年賀状," which is a type of holiday greeting card, so I’ll write one during the holiday to practice.
(Although there’s no one to send it to
The format is still what we learned before; it was also discussed during the short essay review.
People's Education Press 2013 Edition - Junior High School Japanese Grade 8 Volume 1 - Lesson 5
The island nation has just celebrated the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar, but there’s no need to write the era name domestically.
Learn some Eastern auspicious phrases; a series of polite phrases combined with honorifics will give you enough words. How to write it, many Japanese bloggers should have covered it, here’s a recommendation:
This website has great content; go check it out when you have time.
Then it's time to make the greeting card; just find a template to use. Specifically, ググる " 年賀状 作成 "
So far, I’ve tried two that are quite useful (can save without logging in):
- Postcard Design Kit [Web Version]
- Web New Year Card Kit 2025 - Free Web Service Without Special New Year Card Software | Brother Online Service | For New Year Cards, Brother
It might be a bit slow without a proxy, and the interface is in Japanese (not hard to understand).
It’s recommended to use fonts that lean towards handwritten styles, and it’s best to add some advanced kanji words to enhance the effect (bushi).
For example, something like this:
(The layout might not be very correct, after all, I haven't used vertical Japanese layout much.)
(But it looks really good, really good (棒読))