"おめでとう" meaning in 日語

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Interjection

Forms: omedetō [romanization], おめでたう
Etymology: /omedetaku/ → /omedetau/ → /omedetɔː/ → /omedetoː/ 原為御 (o-, 敬稱前綴) + 愛でたく (medetaku, “美好地,吉祥地”),源自形容詞愛でたい (medetai, “美好的,吉祥的”)。 现代日语的“-i”形容词以前在连用形中以“-ki”结尾,这个中间的/k/在室町时代时在连用形(-ki变为-i)和连体形(-ku变为-u)中消失。然而多数单词的连体形又变回以-ku结尾,词尾-u仅沿用于某些日常固定短语中比如本词おめでとう (omedetō),以及おはよう (ohayō)和ありがとう (arigatō),还有极端正式的用法内。
  1. 恭喜,祝賀
    Sense id: zh-おめでとう-ja-intj-HmdNu6xU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: おめでとうございます (omedetō gozaimasu), 恭喜, 祝賀, 明けましておめでとう (akemashite omedetō) (ruby: ()), 新年快樂, 誕生日おめでとう (tanjōbi omedetō) (ruby: 誕生日(たんじょうび)), 生日快樂

Noun

Forms: omedetō [romanization], おめでたう
Etymology: 讀音來自詞源1,其中 omede- 漢字寫作御目出,詞尾的 -tō 寫作漢字糖 (tō)。
  1. 御目出糖: 一種日式甜點,用大米和豆沙製成,在慶賀時食用。
    Sense id: zh-おめでとう-ja-noun-vtqjarjp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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