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祝福 (shukufuku) Japanese meaning: celebration | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 祝福する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 祝しゅく 福ふく する 祝しゅく 福ふく しない Polite 祝しゅく 福ふく します 祝しゅく 福ふく しません Past polite 祝しゅく 福ふく しました 祝しゅく 福ふく しませんでした Past 祝しゅく 福ふく した 祝しゅく 福ふく しなかった Te-form 祝しゅく 福ふく して 祝しゅく 福ふく しないで Desire 祝しゅく 福ふく したい 祝しゅく 福ふく したくない Potential 祝しゅく 福ふく できる 祝しゅく 福ふく できない Passive 祝しゅく 福ふく される 祝しゅく 福ふく されない Causative 祝しゅく 福ふく させる 祝しゅく 福ふく させない Causative passive 祝しゅく 福ふく させられる 祝しゅく 福ふく させられない Volitional 祝しゅく 福ふく しよう Polite volitional 祝しゅく 福ふく しましょう Imperative 祝しゅく 福ふく しろ 祝しゅく 福ふく するな Conditional 祝しゅく 福ふく すれば 祝しゅく 福ふく しなければ Tara conditional 祝しゅく 福ふく したら 祝しゅく 福ふく しなかったら
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結けっ
婚こん
を
祝しゅく
福ふく
する
ため
に
、
友とも
達だち
が
集あつ
まっ
た
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Friends gathered to celebrate the marriage.
I sincerely congratulate him on his success.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 祝しゅく 福ふく する to congratulate/bless someone
I congratulated my friend on their marriage from the bottom of my heart.
神かみ の 祝しゅく 福ふく を 受う ける to receive God's blessing
The two got married with God's blessing.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 〈 事こと 〉 を 祝しゅく 福ふく する to celebrate someone's (marriage, success, etc.)
Everyone celebrated her giving birth.
祝しゅく 福ふく の 言こと 葉ば words of blessing/congratulation
We offered words of blessing to the bride and groom.
Related words· 6 祝い is a concrete celebration or congratulatory gift, while 祝福 is the more abstract act of expressing good wishes or blessing.
祝賀 is a formal, often public term for celebrating an event (e.g. 祝賀会), whereas 祝福 is more personal and can carry religious meaning.
恵み refers to divine grace or a bounty bestowed, close to 祝福 in its religious sense of God's blessing.
祝う is the everyday word for celebrating an occasion, while 祝福する is warmer and more solemn, often used for blessing a marriage, birth, or success.
Show 2 more 祝福 means 'blessing' or 'congratulation' as an action or wish, whereas 寿 is typically a single celebratory character or word displayed rather than an act of blessing.
祝福 refers to a blessing given as an expression of goodwill (often at events like weddings), while 加護 refers to ongoing divine protection over someone.
Opposites 呪い is a curse invoking harm, the direct opposite of 祝福 which invokes happiness or divine favor.
祝福 means a blessing, the positive opposite of the harmful curse sense of 呪.
Don't confuse with 祝辞 is a specific congratulatory speech given at a ceremony, while 祝福 is the broader act or feeling of blessing/well-wishing.
祝福 shares the kanji 福 and means 'blessing' or 'to bless', which learners may confuse with 至福's meaning of 'supreme bliss'.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 祝 (celebrate, congratulate) and 福 (fortune, blessing). The combination naturally yields the meaning of celebrating good fortune or giving blessings.
