年賀状
Meanings
1
New Year's card; New Year's greeting card
A card or postcard sent around New Year to convey greetings; commonly used with verbs such as 書く, 出す, 送る, and 届く.
Every year, I send New Year's cards to my relatives.
A New Year's card arrived from my friend.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉に年賀状を出すto send someone a New Year's card
Every year I send a New Year's card to the teacher who helped me.
- 年賀状を書くto write New Year's cards
At the end of the year, my whole family wrote New Year's cards together.
- 〈人〉から年賀状が届くto receive a New Year's card from someone
On New Year's Day, a New Year's card arrived from my friend.