御中元や御歳暮の習慣はなかなかすたれない。

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English Translation

The gift-giving custom dies hard.

Furigana

御(ご)中元(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。

Romanji

Go chūgen ya oseibo no shūkan wa nakanaka sutarenai.

Words

御 (ご)

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

中元 (ちゅうげん)

15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; Bon Festival gifts

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

お歳暮 (おせいぼ)

end of the year; year-end gift

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

は (は)

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

中中 (なかなか)

very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; by no means (with negative verb); not readily; middle; half-way point; excellent; wonderful; very good

廃れる (すたれる)

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion