Moto 祭: Ritual; Offer Prayers; CelebrateKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サイ
- Kun'yomi
- まつ(る)、まつ(り)、まつり
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 248 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サイ)
- 祭典さいてんfestival
- 芸術祭げいじゅつさいart festival
- 慰霊祭いれいさいmemorial service
- 葬祭そうさいfunerals and ceremonial occasions
- 冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさいimportant ceremonial occasions in family relationships
- 祭壇さいだんaltar
- 前夜祭ぜんやさいthe eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
- 司祭しさいpriest; minister
- 地鎮祭じちんさいceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
- 大祭たいさいgrand festival
- 年祭ねんさいanniversary
- 復活祭ふっかつさいEaster
- 祭主さいしゅ(head) priest; head priest of the Ise Shrine
- 祭事さいじfestival; rites
- 祭儀さいぎrites; ritual
- 祭日さいじつnational holiday; festival day
- 祭礼さいれい(religious) festival
- 祭祀さいしritual; religious service
- 祭神さいしんenshrined deity
- オリンピア祭オリンピアさいFestival of Zeus (held at Olympia every four years from 776 BCE to 393 BCE)
- キリスト降誕祭キリストこうたんさいChristmas
- パリ祭パリさいBastille Day (July 14)
- 万霊祭ばんれいさいAll Souls' Day
- 上棟祭じょうとうさいridgepole-raising ceremony
- 上祭服じょうさいふくchasuble; phelonion
- 五十年祭ごじゅうねんさいjubilee; semicentennial
- 五月祭ごがつさいMay Day; May Festival
- 体育祭たいいくさい(school) athletic festival; sports day
- 例大祭れいたいさいregularly held festival
- 例年祭れいねんさいannual festival
- 例祭れいさいregular festival; annual festival
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 祭りまつりfestival; feast
- お祭り騒ぎおまつりさわぎfestival merrymaking; revelry
- ひな祭りひなまつりHinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival
- 夏祭りなつまつりsummer festival
- 後の祭りあとのまつりa day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
- 祭まつりfestival; feast
- 祭るまつるto deify; to enshrine
- 秋祭りあきまつりautumn festival; fall festival
- 雛祭ひなまつりHinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival
- お田植え祭おたうえまつりshrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
- お田植え祭りおたうえまつりshrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
- お祭おまつりfestival; feast
- お祭りおまつりfestival; feast
- お祭りさわぎおまつりさわぎfestival merrymaking; revelry
- お祭り気分おまつりきぶんfestive mood; holiday mood
- お祭騒ぎおまつりさわぎfestival merrymaking; revelry
- だんじり祭りだんじりまつりdanjiri festival; cart-pulling festival
- ねぶた祭ねぶたまつりNebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)
- ねぶた祭りねぶたまつりNebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)
- ひな祭ひなまつりHinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival
- ふいご祭ふいごまつりBellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
- ふいご祭りふいごまつりBellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
- 七週の祭りななしゅうのまつりthe Feast of Weeks; Pentecost
- 三社祭さんじゃまつりSanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
- 三社祭りさんじゃまつりSanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
- 仮庵の祭かりいおのまつりSukkot; Succot
Other readings
- 七夕祭たなばたまつりStar Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
- 七夕祭りたなばたまつりStar Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
- 七週の祭ななまわりのいわいthe Feast of Weeks; Pentecost
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