良よい年としをお迎むかえください

Meanings

A polite, set phrase used before the New Year to wish someone well. Often said in late December. The more common variant is 良いお年をお迎えください, with an extra お before 年.

See also: 良いお年をお迎えください

今年ことしもお世せ話わになりました。良よい年としをお迎むかえください。
Thank you for your help this year. Have a happy New Year.
皆みな様さま、良よい年としをお迎むかえください。
Everyone, I wish you a happy New Year.

Kanji

良good, pleasing, skilled
年year, counter for years
迎welcome, meet, greet
下below, down, descend

Related words

良よいお年としをお迎むかえください
More common variant with an extra honorific お before 年. Both are polite New Year's greetings, but 良いお年を is slightly more standard.
明あけましておめでとうございます
Used after the New Year has begun, while 良い年をお迎えください is used before the New Year.

Built from

良よい+年とし+お迎むかえ

Written forms

良よい年としをお迎むかえください
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
良よい年としをお迎むかえ下ください
Variant with 下さい instead of ください; slightly more formal or traditional.
よい年としをお迎むかえください
Kana spelling for 良い; common in casual writing or when avoiding kanji.
よい年としをお迎むかえ下ください
Kana spelling for 良い with 下さい; less common but possible.

Etymology

A polite phrase combining 良い (good), 年 (year), を (object marker), お迎え (honorific form of 迎える, to welcome), and ください (please). The expression is a seasonal greeting used before the New Year.