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褌祝い

褌祝、兵児祝
へこいわい、ふんどしいわい、たふさぎいわい
coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt
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落成祝

落成祝い
らくせいいわい
celebration for the completion of a project
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予祝

よしゅく
celebrating in advance; advance blessing (e.g. of crops)
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米の祝い

よねのいわい
longevity celebration for one's 88th year
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祝い棒

祝棒
いわいぼう
sacred wooden pole used in certain traditional koshogatsu ceremonies
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亥の子の祝

亥の子の祝い
いのこのいわい
Day-of-the-Boar Festival
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祝融

しゅくゆう
ancient Chinese god of fire (or spring); (disastrous) fire
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祝い箸

祝箸
いわいばし
festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions
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祝い言

祝言、斎言
いわいごと
congratulatory words; prayer for happiness
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祝女

巫女
のろ
noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa