祭神

さいじん さいしん

enshrined deity

海神

かいしん かいじん わたつみ わだつみ

sea god, Poseidon, Neptune

神嘗祭

かんなめさい かんにえのまつり しんじょうさい

offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)

天神祭

Tenjin Festival (Osaka)

神田祭

かんだまつり

Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myoujin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)

神葬祭

しんそうさい

Shinto funeral ceremony

神幸祭

しんこうさい

festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine

神武天皇祭

じんむてんのうさい

Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3rd, the supposed day of his death)

祭

まつり

festival, feast

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