祭

まつり

festival, feast

助

すけ じょ

help, rescue, assistant

燔祭

はんさい

burnt offering (i.e. religious animal sacrifice)

祭文

さいぶん さいもん

address to the gods, type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era

奇祭

きさい

strange festival, festival with bizarre or unusual ritual

祝祭

しゅくさい

festivals, feasts

祭服

さいふく

vestments worn by priests and attendants (Shinto, Christian, etc.)

祭具

さいぐ

equipment used in rituals

学祭

がくさい

school festival

供祭

ぐさい きょうさい

offerings, offerings and worship

合祭

ごうさい

enshrining together

獺祭

だっさい だっ さい

arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry, literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.

勅祭

ちょくさい

festival held by imperial order

年祭

ねんさい

anniversary

祭日

さいじつ

national holiday, festival day

祭礼

さいれい

(religious) festival

祭主

さいしゅ

(head) priest, head priest of the Ise Shrine

例祭

れいさい

regular festival, annual festival

祭神

さいじん さいしん

enshrined deity