お歳暮は日本独自の習慣の一つである。
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English Translation
Sending year-end gifts is one of the customs peculiar to Japan.
Furigana
お歳暮 は日本 独自 の習慣 の一 つである。
Romanji
O seibo wa Nippon dokuji no shūkan no hitotsu de aru.
Words
御
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
歳暮
(せいぼ)
end of the year; year-end gift
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
日本
(にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
独自
(どくじ)
original; peculiar; unique; characteristic; proprietary; individual; independent; one's own
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
習慣
(しゅうかん)
habit; custom; cultural practice
一つ
(ひとつ)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
或
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
Kanji
Readings: サイ、 セイ、 とし、 とせ、 よわい
Meanings: year-end, age, occasion, opportunity
Readings: ボ、 く.れる、 く.らす
Meanings: evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ドク、 トク、 ひと.り
Meanings: single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: シュウ、 ジュ、 なら.う、 なら.い
Meaning: learn
Readings: カン、 な.れる、 な.らす
Meanings: accustomed, get used to, become experienced
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)