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こんやく
婚約
おめでとう
Let me congratulate you on your engagement.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
prefix
1. honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an on-yomi reading; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
suffix
2. honorific suffix  (after a noun indicating a person; honorific)
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engagement; betrothal
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interjection (kandoushi)
congratulations!; an auspicious occasion!  (see also: おめでたい; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ゴ   ギョ   honorific prefix   おん-    
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step
おろ to sell wholesale   おろし wholesaling   
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ゴ    noon   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
seal
コン    marriage   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
コン   くら dark   
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シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヤク    promise; approximate   
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シャク   ladle
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wrap
dot   
シ   いと thread   
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