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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

祝いわう

N3
いわう iwau
  1. to congratulate
  2. to celebrate
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

庆祝;祝贺

Examples

  • 私わたしたちは彼かれの試し験けん合ごう格かくを祝いわった。
    We congratulated him on passing the examinations.
    我们庆祝他通过考试。
  • 彼かれらはプレゼントでクリスマスを祝いわう。
    They celebrate Christmas with presents.
    他们用礼物庆祝圣诞节。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0b8faff812'); // 祝う
{
  "id": "0b8faff812",
  "word": "祝う",
  "reading": "いわう",
  "romaji": "iwau",
  "meanings": [
    "to congratulate",
    "to celebrate"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1337390,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私たちは彼の試験合格を祝った。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}たちは{彼|かれ}の{試験|しけん}{合格|ごうかく}を{祝|いわ}った。",
      "en": "We congratulated him on passing the examinations.",
      "tatoeba_id": 165294
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼らはプレゼントでクリスマスを祝う。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}らはプレゼントでクリスマスを{祝|いわ}う。",
      "en": "They celebrate Christmas with presents.",
      "tatoeba_id": 97690
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "69a033772ab7400a88c48aa45ba505e98f5da65d8de10ccbbae5ac00495e5986",
    "meanings": [
      "庆祝",
      "祝贺"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私たちは彼の試験合格を祝った。",
        "zh": "我们庆祝他通过考试。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼らはプレゼントでクリスマスを祝う。",
        "zh": "他们用礼物庆祝圣诞节。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/0b8faff812",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1337390; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "ccb2f8d6843b89bc0fa9023df5da659491a83c6d5c13ca7128205aae2e976c68"
  }
}