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celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)

gift at the birth of a child; baby gift; push present; push gift

celebration of complete recovery from illness

(informal) celebration

housewarming (party)

public holiday; national holiday

Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays

congratulation; celebration

private wedding

gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration)

family celebration; private celebration

sad occasion (esp. a funeral)

celebrating in advance; advance blessing (e.g. of crops)

celebration

longevity celebration (of age 42, 61, 70, 77, 80, 88, 90 or 99)

to celebrate one's recovery from illness

shrine maiden; ancient priest

celebration for the completion of a project

Christianity

Annunciation Day; Lady Day

Finance

buoyant market (on season-opening); festive market

obi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child

coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt

one's saint's day; name day

longevity celebration for one's 88th year

60th birthday celebration (usu. celebrated with a banquet-style meal while dressed in a red hat and vest symbolizing one's return to infancy)

childbirth bonus (paid to an employee); congratulatory childbirth payment