Illustration: At the entrance of an older Japanese neighbor's home, a younger adult in a winter coat presents a carefully wrapped rectangular food gift with both hands and a grateful bow. The recipient bows warmly in return, visibly touched.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

お歳せい暮ぼ

oseibo

year-end gift

Example sentences

  1. 御中元ご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.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 現在げんざいでは「歳暮せいぼ」「お歳暮せいぼ」といった場合ばあい、この贈答品ぞうとうひん、または贈おくり物ものの習慣しゅうかんを指さすことが一般的いっぱんてきである。

    Present day, 'seibo' or 'oseibo' generally means this kind of gift or the custom to give it.

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

  3. 日本にっぽんでは、取引先とりひきさきの企業きぎょうの担当者たんとうしゃ、その上席じょうせき、担当役員たんとうやくいんなどにお歳暮せいぼを贈おくる習慣しゅうかんが広ひろく存在そんざいする。

    In Japan, it is common to give year-end gifts to contacts at business partner companies, their superiors, and the executives in charge.

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

Kanji in 歳暮

  • 歳year-end; ageOnサイ・セイKunとし・とせ・よわい
  • 暮evening; twilightOnボKunくれる・くらす

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