良いお年をお迎え下さい

Japanese

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

Phrase

良いお年をお迎え下さい (hiragana よいおとしをおむかえください, rōmaji yoi otoshi o omukae kudasai)

(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

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