► 名詞
祝い [いわい] meaning: celebrate rank: 1
☆ 友達に出産祝いを上げた ⇨ I gave a childbirth gift to a friend
☆ 祝い事 ⇨ A celebration
祝い [いわい] [御祝い] meaning: celebrate rank: 1
☆ 卒業のお祝いにもらった時計 ⇨ A watch I got as a graduation gift (☛ Usually 御(お) is added when used independently)
More examples:
- 出産祝い ⇨ A childbirth celebration, gift
- お祝いしよう ⇨ Let’s celebrate
- 彼等に結婚祝いのお返しをした ⇨ We gave them a thank you gift in return for their wedding gift
- お祝い申し上げます ⇨ I say my congratulations
- お祝いに特上の寿司を奮発した ⇨ I went ahead and got the best sushi for the celebration
- チームが優勝して街を挙げてお祝いをした ⇨ The team won the championship and the whole town celebrated
- お祝いに赤飯を炊いた ⇨ We cooked red rice for a celebration
- すごいご馳走だね。何かのお祝い？ ⇨ Wow a lot of great food. Are we celebrating something?
- お祝いに取っておきのシャンペンを開けた ⇨ We opened a bottle of special champaign for the celebration
- 結婚式で沢山お祝いをもらった ⇨ I received a lot of gifts at my wedding
- 先生が下さったお祝いの品 ⇨ A congratulation gift esteemed you gave me
- 今日はお祝いだからうんと奮発しよう ⇨ Today is a celebration so I am willing to spend a lot