{"id":4450,"date":"2021-12-27T11:56:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T22:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/?p=4450"},"modified":"2021-12-27T11:56:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T22:56:18","slug":"christmas-eve-or-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/2021\/12\/christmas-eve-or-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve or Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you had a wonderful Christmas this year. \u697d<sub>[\u305f\u306e]<\/sub>\u3057\u3044\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u3092\u3059\u3054\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I had a quick chat with Japanese friends and realised that people did not necessarily eat a special festive meal on the same day. So&#8230; on which day (if you did) did you have your special meal last week?<\/p>\n<p>\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u53cb\u3060\u3061\u3068\u8a71\u3057\u3066\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u3068\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b8\u30fc\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u3067\u306f\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u306e\u7279\u5225<sub>[\u3068\u304f\u3079\u3064]<\/sub>\u306e(= special)\u3054\u98ef<sub>[\u306f\u3093]<\/sub>\u3092\u98df\u3079\u308b\u65e5\u304c\u9055<sub>[\u3061\u304c]<\/sub>\u3046(= to differ)\u3053\u3068\u306b\u6c17<sub>[\u304d]<\/sub>\u304c\u3064\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, people typically (if they do) eat a special Christmas meal on the Christmas Eve. In New Zealand (and also in the UK), people eat such a meal on the 25th. I would also like to point out that Christmas cakes vary. I mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/2012\/11\/2012-christmas-cake-2012\/\">this<\/a> before in this blog; the traditional Christmas cake in New Zealand (and in the UK) is a very heavy dense fruit cake. It is quite tricky to say what the &#8220;Japanese&#8221; Christmas cake is, but the most common one is a sponge cake with fresh cream (and probably strawberries on top????????!)<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you ate and you did for Christmas, I wish you a joyful, peaceful and safe holiday!<\/p>\n<p>\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306f\uff08\u3082\u3057\u98df\u3079\u308b\u306e\u306a\u3089\uff09\u3001\u3075\u3064\u3046\u3001\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u30fb\u30a4\u30d6\u306b\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u306e\u7279\u5225\u306e\u3054\u98ef\u3092\u98df\u3079\u307e\u3059\u3002\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b8\u30fc\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u3084\u30a4\u30ae\u30ea\u30b9\u306f\u300125\u65e5\u3067\u3059\u3002\u305d\u308c\u304b\u3089\u3001\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\u3082\u9055\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/2012\/11\/2012-christmas-cake-2012\/\">\u3053\u308c<\/a>\u306f\u524d\u306b\u3053\u306e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u66f8\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b8\u30fc\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u3084\u30a4\u30ae\u30ea\u30b9\u306e\u4f1d\u7d71\u7684<sub>[\u3067\u3093\u3068\u3046\u3066\u304d]<\/sub>\u306a(= traditional)\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\u306f\u3001\u30c9\u30e9\u30a4\u30d5\u30eb\u30fc\u30c4\u304c\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u5165\u3063\u305f\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3068\u3066\u3082\u91cd\u3044\u3067\u3059\uff01\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\u306f\u3044\u308d\u3044\u308d\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u3044\u3061\u3070\u3093\u3075\u3064\u3046\u306e\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\u306f\u3001\u3044\u3061\u3054\u306e\u30b7\u30e7\u30fc\u30c8\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\u3067\u3059\uff08\u30b9\u30dd\u30f3\u30b8\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\u306b\u751f<sub>[\u306a\u307e]<\/sub>\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30e0(= fresh cream)\u304c\u304b\u304b\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff09\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u3069\u3046\u305e\u3001\u697d\u3057\u304f\u3066\u3001\u304a\u3060\u3084\u304b\u3067\u3001\u305d\u3057\u3066\u4f55\u3088\u308a\u3082\u5b89\u5168<sub>[\u3042\u3093\u305c\u3093]<\/sub>\u306a(= safe)\u304a\u4f11\u307f\u3092\u304a\u904e<sub>[\u3059]<\/sub>\u3054\u3057\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u306d\uff01<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you had a wonderful Christmas this year. \u697d[\u305f\u306e]\u3057\u3044\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\u3092\u3059\u3054\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304b\u3002 I had a quick chat with Japanese friends and realised that people did not necessarily eat a special festive meal on the same day. 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