いわい
Meanings
Noun
1. congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival
2. congratulatory gift; present
Kanji used
celebrate
Pitch accent
わい
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school
celebration; auspicious occasion
celebrating recovery from illness
festive poem or song; congratulatory form (of waka)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
celebration of complete recovery from illness
gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration); family celebration; private celebration
longevity celebration (of age 42, 61, 70, 77, 80, 88, 90 or 99)
celebration for the completion of a project
sacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshogatsu ceremonies
festive poem or song; congratulatory form (of waka)
traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
Day-of-the-Boar Festival
celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt