25 Years of Mario

Mario is celebrating his 25th anniversary this year and Nintendo are commemorating the event with a special edition boxset of the original Mario games.

スーパーマリオ２５周年グッズ

スーパーマリオ　２５しゅうねん　グッズ

The word 周年 is often used when talking about anniversaries, being made up the kanji for ‘around’ and ‘year’. It’s often useful to think of it as depicting a round year – something that has done a complete circle and thus is time to remember the beginnings. Although seemingly strange at first, グッズ is simply the katakana variant of ‘goods’ – merchandise or other items.

合計１０，０００名様に当たります

ごうけい　１０，０００めいさまに　あたります

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