congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
celebration; auspicious occasion
celebrating recovery from illness
congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school
housewarming gift; housewarming
celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth); gift at the birth of a child; baby gift; push present
celebration of complete recovery from illness
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
housewarming gift; housewarming
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)
festive poem or song; congratulatory form (of waka)
celebration for the completion of a project
celebration; auspicious occasion
festive poem or song; congratulatory form (of waka)
sacred wooden pole used in traditional Koshōgatsu ceremonies
traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
obi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child
longevity celebration for one's 88th year
60th birthday celebration (usu. celebrated with a banquet-style meal while dressed in a red hat and vest symbolizing one's return to infancy)
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt