Word details

祝福

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 祝福.

Dictionary

Entry

祝福ゅくふくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #3774
1

celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; wishing (someone) good luck

Examples
私たちは彼の成功を祝福した。
We congratulated him on his success.
司祭は幸せな二人の結婚を祝福した。
The priest blessed the marriage of the happy couple.
2

Christianity

blessing (from God)

Examples
彼は私に「神の祝福がありますように」と言った。
He prayed that God would bless me.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

celebrate, congratulate

9 strokesFrequency 1,184JLPT N2Grade 4

On

シュクシュウ

Kun

いわ.う

Nanori

のりほぎゆわい

blessing, fortune, luck, wealth

13 strokesFrequency 467JLPT N2Grade 3

On

フク

Nanori

としとみふきふっぼくよし

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