祝言

しゅうげん

festivities, celebration

内祝言

ないしゅうげん

private wedding

祝い

いわい ゆわい

congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival, congratulatory gift

祝

はふり ほうり しゅく

public holiday

祝い物

いわいもの いわいぶつ

congratulatory gift

内祝い

うちいわい

gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration)

帯祝い

おびいわい

obi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child

前祝い

まえいわい

celebration anticipation

祝い酒

いわいざけ

celebratory drink, celebratory spirits, holiday cheer

心祝い

こころいわい

(informal) celebration

祝い着

いわいぎ

festive dress

祝い事

いわいごと はぎごと

celebration, auspicious occasion

褌祝い

へこいわい ふんどしいわい たふさぎいわい

coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt

祝い箸

いわいばし

festive chopsticks, thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions

祝い歌

いわいうた いわいか

festive poem or song

お祝い

おいわい

congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival, congratulatory gift

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

祝い肴

いわいざかな

accompaniment to a drink served at celebrations (such as New Year)

祝い棒

いわいぼう

sacred wooden pole used in certain traditional koshogatsu ceremonies