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The traditional first greeting after the beginning of the New Year is "Akemashite omedetō (明けましておめでとう, lit. "congratulations on the new year"). [6] This celebration is the equivalent of New Year's Eve in the Western world, and coincides with Saint Sylvester's Day celebrated by some Western Christian churches.
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Chinese characters are among the most widely adopted and oldest writing systems. In addition, the Chinese characters are integrated into the learning systems of most nations in East Asia and predominate in China and Japan. Consequently, most of the characters used in Japanese kanji adopt their meaning from the Chinese logographic characters.
(shinnen) akemashite o-medetō-gozaimasu ((新年)あけましておめでとうございます, 'Happiness to you on the dawn [of a New Year]') kinga shinnen (謹賀新年, ' Happy New Year') gashō (賀正, to celebrate January) shoshun/hatsuharu (初春, ' early spring'; in the traditional lunar calendar a year begins in early spring)
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The Dai Kan-Wa Jiten (大漢和辞典, "The Great Chinese–Japanese Dictionary") is a Japanese dictionary of kanji (Chinese characters) compiled by Tetsuji Morohashi. Remarkable for its comprehensiveness and size, Morohashi's dictionary contains over 50,000 character entries and 530,000 compound words.
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It is a rough contraction of ohayō gozaimasu (おはようございます). [3] In addition to use as a greeting, oss! can also function as "yessir!" when a subordinate is brusquely questioned by a teacher, superior officer, or sempai. It has also spread overseas as OSU or OSS, mainly in the Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu and Karate communities. [4]