後夜

ごや

period from midnight until the early morning

前夜祭

ぜんやさい

the eve (of festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)

夜祭り

よまつり よるまつり

night festival

秩父夜祭

Chichibu Festival

後の祭り

あとのまつり

Too late!

祭

まつり

festival, feast

夜夜中

よよなか

dead of night; middle of the night

夜

よる よ

evening, night

夜な夜な

よなよな

every evening, night after night

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