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    3. 祝電

    祝電

    祝しゅく電でん

    congratulatory telegram

    KMT9News #27+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsInternet & Social MediaKanji Vocab22 strokes

    しゅくでん

    Noun

    1.
    congratulatory telegram

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    結けっ婚こん式しきに祝しゅく電でんを送おくった。

    I sent a congratulatory telegram to the wedding.

    KMT7Daily LifeCulture & Traditions
    卒そつ業ぎょう式しきで、来らい賓ひんからの祝しゅく電でんが読よみ上あげられた。

    At the graduation ceremony, congratulatory telegrams from guests were read aloud.

    KMT9EducationCulture & Traditions
    遠えん方ぽうにいる友ゆう人じんから、開かい業ぎょう祝いわいの祝しゅく電でんが届とどき、大たい変へん嬉うれしかった。

    I was very happy to receive a congratulatory telegram from a friend far away, celebrating my new business.

    KMT9Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    日に本ほんでは、重じゅう要ような節ふし目めに祝しゅく電でんを送おくる習しゅう慣かんがある。

    In Japan, there is a custom of sending congratulatory telegrams at important milestones.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    祝しゅく電でんは、かつては重じゅう要ようなメッセージを伝つたえる主しゅ要ような手しゅ段だんだったが、今いまは電でん子しメールやSNSが主がしゅ流りゅうだ。

    Congratulatory telegrams were once a primary means of conveying important messages, but now email and social media are dominant.

    KMT9Internet & Social MediaHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    祝
    いわ.う…(5)
    celebrate・congratulate
    電
    electricity
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