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I need help reading a Japanese Postcard

5 replies · 1,448 views · Started 03 January 2003

obi 03 Jan 2003, 14:27

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 -

User posted image 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 -
User posted image

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' ?

inori 10 Jan 2003, 11:46

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?

obi 10 Jan 2003, 17:49

Yeah thats me 😊

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

You still the man Inori 😉