祝い (いわい, iwai) Japanese meaning: congratulation

祝い (いわい, iwai) Japanese meaning: congratulation | Kotomora

Kanji

祝しゅく賀がN1sense 1
祝賀 is a formal, often public term for a celebration or commemorative ceremony, whereas 祝い is the general, everyday word for celebrating any happy occasion.
祝しゅう儀ぎ sense 2
祝儀 specifically means a monetary gift or tip given at a celebration, while 祝い covers any kind of congratulatory gift, monetary or otherwise.
慶けい事じ sense 1
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.
贈おくり物ものN4sense 2
贈り物 is the general word for any gift, while 祝い specifically means a gift given to mark a happy occasion.

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祝しゅく
祝 is used only as a bound prefix in compounds like 祝電, whereas 祝い is a free-standing noun meaning 'a celebration' or 'a congratulatory gift'.
祝しゅく福ふくN1
祝い is a concrete celebration or congratulatory gift, while 祝福 is the more abstract act of expressing good wishes or blessing.
慶けい祝しゅく
祝い is the everyday word for a celebration or congratulation, whereas 慶祝 is a formal Sino-Japanese equivalent used in official or written settings.
賀が
祝い is the everyday word for a celebration or congratulatory gesture, whereas 賀 is a formal, literary term mainly seen in compounds like 賀状.

お祝いわいpolite 丁寧語N4
お祝い adds the honorific prefix お and is the more polite, everyday form used when speaking to or about others, while 祝い alone is plainer and common in compounds like 祝い酒.

祝しゅく辞じ sense 1
祝辞 is a formal congratulatory speech given at a ceremony, not the celebration or gift itself that 祝い refers to.
祝はふり
祝 read as はふり means a junior Shinto priest, but the same kanji read as いわい (祝い) means a celebration—completely different words sharing a character.

お祝いわいN4
congratulation; celebration · congratulatory gift; present
祝いわい事ごと
celebration; auspicious occasion
内うち祝いわい
gift for close relatives or friends; return gift for a family celebration · family celebration; private celebration
前まえ祝いわ

祝いUsage99%
- いわい
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- ゆわい
  out-dated reading
いわいUsage

Noun form of the verb 祝う (iwau, 'to celebrate'), from Old Japanese. The kanji 祝 is associated with prayer and celebration.