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お歳暮

御歳暮

Reading

Kana: おせいぼ
Romaji: oseibo
Kana
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Definition

1

end of the year; year-end gift

See also: 歳暮

Kanji

Readings: サイ、 セイ、 とし、 とせ、 よわい
Meanings: year-end, age, occasion, opportunity
Readings: ボ、 く.れる、 く.らす
Meanings: evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time
Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-
Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern

Example Sentences

歳暮(せいぼ)日本(にっぽん)独自(どくじ)習慣(しゅうかん)(ひと)つである。
➥Sending year-end gifts is one of the customs peculiar to Japan.
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()中元(ちゅうげん)御歳暮(おせいぼ)習慣(しゅうかん)はなかなかすたれない。
➥The gift-giving custom dies hard.
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