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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よい・おとしを・おむかえ・ください [yóꜜì òtóshí ó òmúkáé kùdásáꜜì] (Atamadaka + Heiban + Heiban + Nakadaka – [1]-[0]-[0]-[3])

IPA^(key): [jo̞i o̞to̞ɕi o̞ o̞mɯ̟ka̠e̞ kɯ̟da̠sa̠i]

Phrase

良(よ)いお年(とし)をお迎(むか)え下(くだ)さい • (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