to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
glad countenance; joyful look
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
to delight; to give pleasure
being all smiles with joy
premature joy; short-lived elation
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.
deep gratitude; overwhelming joy; great happiness
my sincere congratulations; please accept my congratulations
Engi era (901.7.15-923.4.11)
Engi-Shiki (set of ancient Japanese governmental regulations)
bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
joy and anger; human emotions
premature joy; short-lived elation
Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
to cry tears of joy; to weep for joy
comical pair; pair of buffoons
worship with adoration; ardent admiration
big four winds; winning hand containing four kongs or pungs of winds
great joy; jubilation; exultation
auspicious event; celebration
bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
Kangi era (1229.3.5-1232.4.2); Kanki era
little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind
Tengi era (1053.1.11-1058.8.29)
my sincere congratulations; please accept my congratulations
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
broadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir); broadfin thornyhead; kichiji rockfish
lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
Umbonium costatum (species of sea snail)
dried giant elephant ear stem from Higo province (eaten or used as a sex aid)
sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools
friendly shower; welcome rain; rain that comes after a drought
double happiness (Chinese concept, esp. with food, restaurants, etc.)
Umbonium giganteum (species of sea snail)