祭
サイ
まつ.る • まつ.り • まつり
ritual; offer prayers; celebrate; deify; enshrine; worship
Words
神嘗祭
かんなめさい しんじょうさい かんにえのまつり
- offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17) n
地鎮祭
じちんさい
- ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony n Shinto
獺祭
だっさい
- arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc. n
- otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) n
宵祭り
よいまつり
- small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival n
夜祭り
よまつり
- night festival n