慶

Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to rejoice

Transitive verb

to congratulate

Transitive verb

to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to

Intransitive verb; As よろこんで...

to do with pleasure; to do gladly; to be happy (to do)

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations

happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations

National day (of China)

After the name of a 12th-century warrior monk

strong person; person putting on a brave front

bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)

Abbreviation

checks; plaid; checked pattern

Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation

someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad

celebration; congratulation

sign of happiness; good omen

agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between

flattery; flatterer

慶安 only

Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)

Chongqing (China)

matter for mutual congratulation

great joy

happy event; happiness

Organization name

Keio University (abbr)

congratulation; celebration

けいうん only

auspicious cloud

慶雲 only

Keiun era (704.5.10-708.1.11); Kyōun era

Waseda University and Keio University

(New Year's) greetings

Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era

celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction

Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen