► 動詞
祝う [(2)いわう] [liter] meaning: celebrate rank: 1
☆ 皆で新年を祝った ⇨ We celebrated the new year
御祝い [おいわい] [御祝いする] meaning: celebrate rank: 1
☆ お祝いしよう ⇨ Let’s celebrate (☛ 御(お) is always added. i.e. you never say 祝いする)
記念 [きねん] [記念する] meaning: celebrate rank: 1
☆ 創業百年を記念した特別仕様の製品 ⇨ A special product commemorating 100th year in the business
祝福 [しゅくふく] [祝福する] [liter] meaning: celebrate rank: 3
☆ 二人の結婚を皆で祝福した ⇨ We all celebrated the marriage of the two
参賀 [(1)さんが] [参賀する] [liter] meaning: celebrate rank: 4
☆ 正月に皇居に参賀した ⇨ We visited the imperial palace during new year’s holidays (☛ Visit the imperial palace and wish well to the emperor)
祝賀 [しゅくが] [祝賀する] meaning: celebrate rank: 4
☆ 優勝を祝賀するパレードが行われた ⇨ A parade was held to celebrate the championship
► 成句
おめでとう [おめでとう] meaning: celebrate rank: 1
☆ 新年おめでとう御座います ⇨ Happy new year
► 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)
記念 [きねん] meaning: celebrate rank: 1
☆ 記念コイン ⇨ A commemorative coin
晴れ [(2)はれ] meaning: celebrate rank: 2
☆ 晴れの機会 ⇨ (☛ Happy public occasions where someone can be the center of everybody’s attention)
万歳 [(3)ばんざい] meaning: celebrate rank: 2
☆ 皆で万歳三唱した (ばんざいさんしょう) ⇨ We all chanted “banzai” three times for celebration (☛ It is customary to chant and raise your both arms three times, then clap)
祝福 [しゅくふく] [liter] meaning: celebrate rank: 3
☆ 祝福の言葉 ⇨ Words of congratulating
慶事 [けいじ] meaning: celebrate rank: 4
☆ 今年は慶事が多かった ⇨ There have been many good things to celebrate this year (☛ Literally “happy incident”. Usually about weddings, childbirth, etc.)
胴上げ [どうあげ] meaning: celebrate rank: 4
☆ (☛ Japanese traditional celebration of people lifting someone, usually a winner, over their heads, like crowd surfing)
► 形容詞
おめでたい [(4)おめでたい] [coll] meaning: celebrate rank: 2
☆ 子供が生まれたの？それはおめでたい ⇨ You just had a baby? That’s worth celebrating (☛ Something is worthy of celebration)
めでたい [(3)めでたい] meaning: celebrate rank: 2
☆ 彼女が結婚するんだって？それはめでたい ⇨ She’s getting married? That’s great, that deserves a celebration (☛ Something is worthy of celebration)
► 感嘆詞
遣る [(2)やる] [遣った] [coll] [peer] meaning: celebrate rank: 1
☆ やった！ ⇨ I did it! I made it! I won! All right! (☛ Literally “I did it”, but can be used any time when something good happens to you)
万歳 [(3)ばんざい] [coll] meaning: celebrate rank: 2
☆ ばんざーい！ ⇨ Yeah! Hooray! Fantastic! Well done! (☛ Literally “10000 years of life”, and originally a prayer for a long life, even though it is used for any happy occasion today)