When I was a kid my teacher read a Chinese folk tale about a boy who goes on an adventure with a dragon. Being young and rather blunt-minded I couldn’t help wondering why the dragon didn’t just breathe fire on the boy and eat him. That’s what dragons do, right? Except of course it wasn’tContinueContinue reading “The Year of the Dragon… or the Year of the Loong?”
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あけおめ! (a-ké-o-mé) “Happy New Year!”
To wish someone “Happy New Year” in Japanese, say: あけましておめでとうございます！ (a-ké-ma-shi-té o-mé-dé-tō go-zai-masu) Or, more casually, take the first 2 syllables from each word and say: あけおめ！ (a-ké-o-mé)
Calligraphy by Vicky 