LD's Guide to Japan

I know this is way behind, but Happy New Year everybody!  I hope your holidays were as wonderful as mine.

In Japanese, we say “Akemashte Omedetou [Gozaimas],” which means “Happy New Year,” and then follow that up with “Kotoshi mo Yoroshiku [Onegai Shimas],” which is difficult to translate, but it means something like “Please look after me again this year.”  (the words in brackets make it extra formal if you want to use them).  These sentences are kinda long, so there is a much more informal shortening of it that I hear pretty often: “Ake Ome; Koto Yoro.”  Just don’t say that one to your boss.