いわう
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)
1. to celebrate; to congratulate; to observe (a festival)
I'll just congratulate them for now.
2. to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration
3. to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
Pitch accent
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Examples (35 in total)
I'll just congratulate them for now.
Everyone is celebrating for me.
How did you celebrate your birthday?
We celebrate Tanabata in July.
We will celebrate Eid ul-Fitr tomorrow.
Then let's celebrate grandly!
Now is the time to celebrate.
They congratulated him on his marriage.
We congratulated her on her engagement.
They celebrate Christmas with presents.
We celebrate Christmas every year.
It's the day that celebrates the resurrection of Christ.
In Japan, the New Year is celebrated in January.
She congratulated me on my success.
It was a party to celebrate her birthday.
We congratulated him on passing the examinations.
Christmas is the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Cheers to the success of the expedition training!
It seems they are going to celebrate my promotion.
We celebrated the New Year with a party.
On February 14th, Americans celebrate Valentine's Day.
In China, they celebrate New Year by the lunar calendar.
My friends congratulated me on my success.
Villagers were going to celebrate the wine festival.
Tonight is the night of the festival celebrating the prince's birth.
They raised their glasses and toasted to their success.
I called up my friend to congratulate him on his success.
It is said that Japanese people don't celebrate Christmas the way Americans do.
Thai Air celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
We celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary yesterday.
He congratulated his son on being a top prizewinner.
Her three children were also going to gather to celebrate her.
She planned a birthday dinner for her cousin.
They celebrated his success by opening a bottle of wine.
It seems that there is no custom in this country of celebrating birthdays every year.