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祝う (いわう): to congratulate, to celebrate — Japanese vocabulary

祝う is read いわう and means "to congratulate, to celebrate". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

祝う

Reading
いわう · iwau
Translation
to congratulate, to celebrate
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
いわうが

Example

友達が私の誕生日を祝ってくれた。

ともだちがわたしのたんじょうびをいわってくれた。

My friends celebrated my birthday.

Kanji in this word

  • 祝 — celebrate

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