ご子息のご結婚を心よりお祝い申し上げます。

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ご 子息 の ご 結婚 を 心 より お祝い 申し上げます 。

English Translation

Please accept our heartiest congratulations on the marriage of your son.

Furigana

ご子息(しそく)のご結婚(けっこん)を心(こころ)よりお祝(いわ)い申(もう)し上(あ)げます。

Romanji

Go shisoku no go kekkon o kokoro yori oiwai mōshiagemasu.

Words

御 (ご)

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

子息 (しそく)

son

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

心 (こころ)

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

お祝い (おいわい)

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift

申し上げる (もうしあげる)

to say; to tell; to state; to express; to offer; to extend (greetings, congratulations, etc.); to do

Kanji

子

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね

Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

息

Readings: ソク、 いき

Meanings: breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)

結

Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる

Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten

婚

Reading: コン

Meaning: marriage

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

祝

Readings: シュク、 シュウ、 いわ.う

Meanings: celebrate, congratulate

申

Readings: シン、 もう.す、 もう.し-、 さる

Meanings: have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac

上

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す

Meanings: above, up