清明

せいめい

pure and clear

明清楽

みんしんがく

Ming & Xing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war)

石清水祭

いわしみずまつり いわしみずさい

Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)

清風明月

せいふうめいげつ

refreshing breeze and the bright moon, a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon

祭

まつり

festival, feast

清

しん

Qing (dynasty of China, 1616-1912), Ch'ing

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