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お歳暮せいぼ (oseibo)

year-end gift

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Meaning

お歳暮 (おせいぼ, oseibo) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “year-end gift”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 10

デパートでお歳暮せいぼを送おくりました。

I sent a year-end gift from the department store.

お歳暮せいぼは日本にっぽん独自どくじの習慣しゅうかんの一ひとつである。

Sending year-end gifts is one of the customs peculiar to Japan.

御ご中元ちゅうげんや御歳暮おせいぼの習慣しゅうかんはなかなかすたれない。

The gift-giving custom dies hard.

お歳暮やお年玉も影響を受けるかもしれない。

Year-end gift-giving and New Year's pocket money to children may also be affected.

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