天王山

てんのうざん

strategic point, crucial time, watershed, crunch

山王神道

さんのうしんとう

Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)

山王権現

さんのうごんげん

deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga & Tokyo)

祭

まつり

festival, feast

山王一実神道

さんのういちじつしんとう

Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)

王

おう

tycoon, magnate, champion, master

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

助祭

じょさい

deacon (Catholic)

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