- おめでとうございます
- congratulations
* * *おめでとう(ございます)〔成功を祝って〕 Congratulations! | Well done! | 〔結婚式などで〕 Best wishes! | All the best! | 〔誕生日に〕 Happy birthday (to you)! | 〔手紙で〕 Many happy returns (of the day)! | 〔新年のあいさつとして〕 (A) Happy New Year!
●おめでとうの手紙 a letter of congratulation; a congratulatory letter
・おめでとうを言う congratulate; offer congratulations 《to…》.
●心からおめでとう. Hearty [Sincere] congratulations!
・「クリスマスおめでとう」「おめでとう」 “Merry Christmas!”―“Merry Christmas! | The same to you! | And to you! | You, too!”
・僕はおめでとうと友達に背中をたたかれた. I got a congratulatory pat on the back from a friend.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.