happy event; auspicious event; occasion for congratulations
Refers to a congratulatory or auspicious life or family event, such as a wedding, birth, or promotion. Often paired contrastively with 弔事, a mourning or condolence event.
Antonyms: 弔事
This year, happy events among our relatives came one after another.
When we heard the news of the auspicious event, the whole family was delighted.
The Tanaka family has had one happy occasion after another this year.
The whole company celebrated the happy occasion of the new president's appointment.
This was a year blessed with happy occasions like weddings and births.
慶事 is a formal, literary word for a happy occasion such as a wedding or birth, while 祝儀 in this sense refers more concretely to the celebratory event itself.
慶事 refers formally to the happy event itself (a wedding, birth, etc.), while 祝い refers to the act of celebrating such an event.
慶事 refers to the happy event itself (like a wedding or birth), while 慶祝 refers to the act of celebrating such an event.
A Sino-Japanese compound written with 慶, associated with rejoicing or congratulations, and 事, meaning an event or matter.