Noun
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival
see お祝い
私は彼の卒業祝いに電報を打った。I wired him a message of congratulation on his graduation. congratulatory gift; present
Also written 祝【いわい】、斎【いわい】
11 results for *斎
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書斎しょさい
CommonN3Nounstudy; library; den; home office; reading room
斎とき
Nounmeals exchanged by parishioners and priests
忌みいみ
Nounmourning; abstinence · taboo · religious purification
潔斎けっさい
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreligious abstinence; purification
小斎しょうさい
Nounabstinence (in Catholicism)
大斎たいさい
NounGreat Lent; Great Fast
揚げ斎あげどき
Nounlast death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)
羅漢斎らかんさい
NounBuddha's delight (vegetarian dish)
精進潔斎しょうじんけっさい
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbpurifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
貧僧の重ね斎ひんそうのかさねどき
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)good luck does not last; a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)