How to Say “It’s almost _ (season / event).” in Japanese

How do you say “It’s almost Christmas.” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

It’s almost _ (season / event).

もうすぐ _ (season / event) だね。

 mousugu* _ dane

If you want to speak politely, you can say :

もうすぐ _ (season / event) ですね。

 mousugu* _ desune

*We pronounce “mousugu” like “mōsugu”.


When you want to say “It’s almost _ (season / event).”, put the season or event just after “もうすぐ”.

For example, if you want to say “It’s almost Christmas*.”, you can say like this :

*Christmas = クリスマス kurisumasu

もうすぐクリスマスだね。

 mousugu kurisumasu dane

Or politely :

もうすぐクリスマスですね。

 mousugu kurisumasu desune


もうすぐ
It’s almost

クリスマスだね
Christmas