ボクシング・デイは、郵便屋さんや牛乳屋さんなどに贈り物をする日ですが、クリスマス後の最初の週日です。

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ボクシング・でいは、郵便屋さんや牛乳屋さんなどに贈り物をする日ですが、クリスマス後の最初の週日です。

English Translation

Boxing Day, when presents are given to the postman, the milkman, etc., is the first week-day after Christmas.

Furigana

ボクシング・デイは、郵便屋(ゆうびんや)さんや牛乳屋(ぎゅうにゅうや)さんなどに贈(おく)り物(もの)をする日(ひ)ですが、クリスマス後(ご)の最初(さいしょ)の週日(しゅうじつ)です。

Romanji

Bokushingu dei wa, yūbin'ya san ya gyūnyūya san nado ni okurimono o suru hi desu ga, kurisumasugo no saisho no shūjitsu desu.

Words

ボクシング (ボクシング)

boxing

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

出居 (いでい、でい)

sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

郵便屋 (ゆうびんや)

postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

牛乳屋 (ぎゅうにゅうや)

dairy; milkman

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

贈り物 (おくりもの)

present; gift

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

週日 (しゅうじつ)

weekday