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Happy New Year to everyone!Akemshite omedeto gozaimasu!May the Year of the Rat be a great one for all of us, a better year than any that have gone before.The new year comes early for me, and it's a busy day for me: it's my wife's birthday and--because of the date/time difference--also the birthday of my sister, who lives on the US West Coast. So there's lots to celebrate.

(Quote from wombat1940)Thank you for the birthday wishes!Yes, that's the pretty standard Japanese New Year greeting. It's a little abbreviated in common use. What you see literally means "congratulations on the opening"; more formally it would have "Shin nen" (meaning "new year") at the beginning of the phrase, so "Congratulations on the opening of the new year".Thanks for the Balinese lesson; I'm always pleased to learn something new.