Japanese Sentences with English Translations - Sentences [でした]

Hatsumoude means New Year's visits to shrines.

That's because Shintoism and Buddhism are practiced in their daily customs instead of as their religion.

Naginata is one of Japan's traditional martial arts.

She is in need of help.

March 3rd is a Girls' Day, the traditional Japanese festival held to wish girls both health and growth.

It is not known when the Hinamatsuri first started, but the Nagashibina, in its most primitive form, was already being celebrated during the Heian period.

Though the Hinamatsuri was originally for both boys and girls, it is now just for girls.

November 23rd is Labor Thanksgiving Day, which was established as a national holiday to stress the importance of labor in people's minds.

"If a photograph of the smiling face of your loved one stands on the altar at the funeral or on the family altar, when you put your hands together to pray, you can hear their voice, I think," he says.

Can I eat this?

On November 15th the seven-five-three festival when parents with boys of five, girls of seven and either boys or girls of three dress, celebrate children's maturation, dress them in gay clothes and take to shrines where they pray for their children's future.

February 7th is Northern Territories Day in Japan.

Sea Day is one of the Japanese national holidays celebrated on the third Monday in July.

This is the day on which the Constitution's fundamental spirit, the sovereignty of the people, respect for fundamental human rights, and pacifism, are all reaffirmed.

Health-Sports Day is the second Monday of October. That day is for sports and to foster a sound mind and body.

The Internet is serious business.

The climate here is milder than in Moscow.

It seems that it will also be a cool summer this year.

The box was full of books.

Who ruled this country?