良いお年をお迎え下さい

Japanese

Japanese phrasebook

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Kanji in this term
良	年	迎	下
よ Grade: 4	とし Grade: 1	むか Grade: S	くだ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
よいお年をお迎えください 良いお年をお迎えください よいお年をお迎え下さい

Phrase

良(よ)いお年(とし)をお迎(むか)え下(くだ)さい • (yoi otoshi o omukae kudasai) 

1. (formal) [I, we] wish you a happy new year (literally meet a good year)

Usage notes

• This phrase should be used before the old year expires, but is rarely used among close friends.

See also

• 明(あ)けましておめでとうございます (akemashite omedetō gozaimasu)
• 新(しん)年(ねん)おめでとうございます (shinnen omedetō gozaimasu)
• 新(しん)年(ねん)明(あ)けましておめでとうございます (shinnen akemashite omedetō gozaimasu)
• 謹(きん)賀(が)新(しん)年(ねん) (kinga shinnen)
• 良(よ)いお年(とし)を (yoi otoshi o)

See also

• Japanese New Year on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Muira, Akira: Japanese words & their uses. Charles E. tuttle Company, 1990. →ISBN