How to say "jubilee" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounThe direct loanword, covering the senses 'jubilee' has in English, from the biblical jubilee year to festive anniversary celebrations; it is the common, default choice in most contexts.
- 五十年祭ごじゅうねんさいnounLiterally a 'fifty-year festival': a celebration of a fiftieth anniversary, i.e. a semicentennial. It matches 'jubilee' only in that sense, is less common, and is not the word for other senses of 'jubilee'.
Use 「ジュビリー」 for 'jubilee' in general — the biblical jubilee year or a celebratory anniversary such as a monarch's; 五十年祭, less common, is specifically a fiftieth-anniversary celebration, a semicentennial.
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