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    I need help reading a Japanese Postcard

    I recently recieved a Japanese postcard from (who I'm pretty damn sure is) my Jap teacher (they went away to japan for X-mas and they are the only Japanese person I know :) ) I'm having a bit of trouble translating it.

    This is the whole message -
    Ikabaru-sanhe asamashite amedetou (now here is where I am stuck)

    I'm pretty sure it breaks into Kanji (which I'm not too great at reading) at this point. here is what it looks like -

    yori (as part of one word?).

    Can anyone help me translate this?
    Also, If I can find it ont he net, I'll post a picture of my Postcard.

    EDIT - I found a picture, but it's not very big -



    EDIT2 - through more searching I found that the kanji Stood for Kitamura. Thus the full message is -

    Ikabaru-sanhe asamashite amedetou Kitamura yori

    or should there be a space in between the 'san' and 'he' ?
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    *ahem*

    INORI!
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    Hmm, seems so... Okay, I'll PM him
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    Sorry to dredge this up... just now got around to looking at it.

    I think the full message is supposed to be:
    "Ikabaru-san e akemashite omedetou - Kitamura yori"
    (Might want to check a couple of your kana, obi... sometimes they're hard to read, especially if they're handwritten. Also, "he" is pronounced "e" here because it's a particle.)
    Translation: "To Ikabaru-san: Happy New Year. From Kitamura."

    BTW, who's Ikabaru? You?


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    Yeah thats me :)

    Your translation is the same as the one my teacher gave me.

    You still the man Inori
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