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祝う — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • celebrate verb To mark a special event or achievement with enjoyment, often through some kind of gathering or ritual.
  • congratulate verb To tell someone you are happy for them about something good that has happened.

Senses

祝う is used for these senses in English:

  • congratulate To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for; to felicitate.

celebrate — full definition

  1. verb To mark a special event or achievement with enjoyment, often through some kind of gathering or ritual.
  2. verb To honour someone or something publicly, often through a formal or ceremonial act.

congratulate — full definition

  1. verb To tell someone you are happy for them about something good that has happened.
  2. verb To feel pleased with yourself about something.
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