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「寿ことぶく」は現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれず、代かわりに「祝いわう」が用もちいられる。

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「寿ことぶく」

congratulate; wish well

現げん代だい

modern era; modern times

noun, no-adjective

contrastive で + は; then; well then

hardly; barely; scarcely

adverb, noun, no-adjective

use; make use of; employ

-> 使うgodan verb

passive, potential, or respect auxiliary

-> れる/られるgrammar

without doing; not doing

代かわりに

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

「祝いわう」

celebrate; congratulate; observe a festival

use; make use of; utilize

-> 用いるichidan verb

passive, potential, or respect auxiliary

-> れる/られるgrammar