Illustration: In a family living room on New Year's morning, a grandmother places a small decorative envelope into a child's two outstretched hands. The envelope is slightly open, revealing the edge of a folded banknote without legible markings.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

お年とし玉だま

otoshidama

New Year’s gift money

Usually given to children. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. それが「お年玉としだま」ってやつよ。

    That’s what we call an "otoshidama".

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 中華人民共和国ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく、大韓民国だいかんみんこく、台湾たいわん、ベトナムなどでは、新暦しんれきの正月しょうがつよりも旧正月きゅうしょうがつの方ほうが重視じゅうしされ、お年玉としだまもこの日ひに渡わたされる。

    In countries such as the People’s Republic of China, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam, the old new year is more important than the new year of the new calendar and the new year’s gift money is presented on this day.

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

  3. お母かあさんが「預あずかる」って言いった僕ぼくのお年玉としだま、いつ返かえしてくれるの?

    When is Mom going to give me back the New Year’s money she said she’d "hold on to"?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 年玉

  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 玉jewel; ballOnギョクKunたま・たま-

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