2012+-+Year+of+the+Dragon

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'My dragon is pink and purple'. || ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 2012 is the Year of the Dragon! Our title page is like a Japanese New Year postcard, featuring a たつ // tatsu //. あけましておめでとうございます！ // Akemashite omedetō gozaimasu // ! Best wishes for the New Year! ||
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 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/daruma_002.jpg width="400" height="300" caption="We made daruma."]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/daruma_003.jpg width="400" height="300" caption="We make a wish and colour in one eye."]] ||
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/daruma_001.jpg width="400" height="300" caption="When we make our wish come true, we will colour the other eye."]] || [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/daruma_004.jpg width="400" height="300" caption="Daruma remind us of our College heart value, 'perseverance'."]] ||

We had fun chasing away a Bad Luck dude called おに oni. (He looked a lot like sensei with a mask on…!) We threw rice and shouted: おにはそと、ふくはうち！ // Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi! // Bad luck go away, good luck come and stay! || || We ate as many as our age for good luck. Japanese for our tastebuds is fun!
 * On February 3 we celebrated 節分 Setsubun.
 * [[image:stfrancisdesalescollege-japaneser-2/oni1.JPG width="383" height="345"]] || Then we ate まめ [//mame//] – roasted soya beans.

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