Illustration: Coworkers gather around a crowded table in a neighborhood izakaya on a cold December evening. Winter coats and work bags hang together behind them, and a small Christmas ornament remains near the window while a bundled New Year doorway decoration waits beside the entrance.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

忘ぼう年ねん会かい

bounenkai

year-end party

Example sentences

  1. 私わたし、今夜こんやの忘年会ぼうねんかいには参加さんかしないつもりなの。

    I am not going to join the year-end party tonight.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 忘年会ぼうねんかいの余興よきょうで大喜利おおぎりをやることになった。

    It’s been decided that the entertainment for our year-end party will be a question-with-comical-improvised-answer session.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 森林組合しんりんくみあいなどではこの日ひに祈願祭きがんさいや忘年会ぼうねんかい、新年会しんねんかいを催もよおすなど、祭まつりの日ひの名残なごりが見みられる。

    Remains of the religious festival can be found on the day when forestry cooperatives hold a festival of worship, a year-end party, or a new-year party.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 忘年会

  • 忘forgetOnボウKunわすれる
  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 会meet; gatherOnカイ・エKunあう・あわせる・あつまる

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