2018(にせんじゅうはち)年(ねん)は 24(にじゅうよっ)日(か)のイブまで三(さん)連(れん)休(きゅう)の会(かい)社(しゃ)員(いん)も多(おお)く、街(まち)中(なか)はクリスマス商(しょう)戦(せん)で盛(も)り上(あ)がる。ただ、最(さい)近(きん)はクリスマスをカップルや友(ゆう)人(じん)らと祝(いわ)うのではなく、ひとりで過(す)ごす「クリぼっち」を選(えら)ぶ人(ひと)が目立(めだ)つ。
Nisenjūhachi-nen wa nijūyokka no ibu made san-renkyū no kaishain mo ōku, machinaka wa kurisumasu shōsen de moriagaru. Tada, saikin wa kurisumasu o kappuru ya yūjin ra to iwau no de wa naku, hitori de sugosu “kuribotchi” o erabu hito ga medatsu.In 2018, there are many office workers who have three holidays in a row until the 24th and cities liven up with a Christmas sales war. But recently people who choose not to celebrate with their lover or friends but to spend alone, "kuribotchi", are conspicuous.