Moto 祝: Celebrate; CongratulateKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュク、シュウ
- Kun'yomi
- いわ(う)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 99 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュク・シュウ)
- 祝日しゅくじつnational holiday; public holiday
- 祝賀しゅくがcelebration; congratulations
- 祝福しゅくふくblessing
- 祝辞しゅくじcongratulatory address
- 祝儀しゅうぎcelebration; celebratory event
- 慶祝けいしゅくcongratulation
- 祝典しゅくてんcelebration
- 祝宴しゅくえんcelebratory banquet; feast
- 祝意しゅくいcongratulations
- 祝杯しゅくはいtoast; congratulatory cup
- 祝電しゅくでんcongratulatory telegram
- お告げの祝日おつげのしゅくじつAnnunciation Day; Lady Day
- 不祝儀ぶしゅうぎsad occasion (esp. a funeral)
- 予祝よしゅくcelebrating in advance; advance blessing (e.g. of crops)
- 内祝言ないしゅうげんprivate wedding
- 国民の祝日こくみんのしゅくじつpublic holiday; national holiday
- 土日祝どにちしゅくSaturdays, Sundays, and holidays
- 奉祝ほうしゅくcelebration
- 巫祝ふしゅくshrine maiden; ancient priest
- 御告げの祝日おつげのしゅくじつAnnunciation Day; Lady Day
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 祝いいわいcongratulation; congratulations
- 祝ういわうto celebrate; to congratulate
- お祝いおいわいcongratulation; congratulations
- 祝い事いわいごとcelebration; auspicious occasion
- 亥の子の祝いいのこのいわいDay-of-the-Boar Festival
- 入学祝いにゅうがくいわいcongratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school
- 全快祝いぜんかいいわいcelebration of complete recovery from illness
- 内祝いうちいわいgift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration)
- 出産祝いしゅっさんいわいcelebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
- 前祝いまえいわいadvance celebration
- 嫁祝いよめいわいtraditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
- 帯祝いおびいわいobi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child
- 引っ越し祝いひっこしいわいhousewarming gift; housewarming
- 御祝いおいわいcongratulation; congratulations
- 心祝いこころいわい(informal) celebration
- 快気祝いかいきいわいcelebrating recovery from illness
- 快気祝いをするかいきいわいをするto celebrate one's recovery from illness
- 新築祝いしんちくいわいhousewarming (party)
- 祝いごといわいごとcelebration; auspicious occasion
- 祝い唄いわいうたfestive poem or song
- 祝い棒いわいぼうsacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshogatsu ceremonies
- 祝い歌いわいうたfestive poem or song
- 祝い物いわいものcongratulatory gift
- 祝い着いわいぎfestive dress
- 祝い箸いわいばしfestive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions
Other readings
- 祝詞のりとritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite
- お祝おいわいcongratulation; congratulations
- 五十日の祝いかのいわいcelebration held 50 days after the birth of a child
- 亥の子の祝いのこのいわいDay-of-the-Boar Festival
- 入学祝にゅうがくいわいcongratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school
- 全快祝ぜんかいいわいcelebration of complete recovery from illness
- 兵児祝へこいわいcoming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt
- 内祝うちいわいgift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration)
- 可祝かしこyours sincerely; respectfully yours
- 嫁祝よめいわいtraditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
- 引越し祝いひっこしいわいhousewarming gift; housewarming
- 御祝おいわいcongratulation; congratulations
- 快気祝かいきいわいcelebrating recovery from illness
- 快気祝をするかいきいわいをするto celebrate one's recovery from illness
- 祝いわいcongratulation; congratulations
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