新嘗祭

にいなめさい しんじょうさい

ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities

大嘗祭

だいじょうさい おおにえのまつり おおなめまつり

first ceremonial offering of rice by newly-enthroned Emperor

祭神

さいじん さいしん

enshrined deity

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)

海神祭

うんじゃみまつり

Okinawan festival held in the honour of the sea gods (honor)

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

嘗め

なめ

lick

嘗て

かつて かって

once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex-

嘗糞

しょうふん

shamelessly flattering, brown-nosing, licking excrement

新嘗

にいなめ

ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice

垢嘗

あかなめ

akaname; Japanese creature said to lick filth in bathrooms

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)

総嘗め

そうなめ

annihilation, sweeping victory

大嘗会

だいじょうえ

banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor

祭

まつり

festival, feast

臥薪嘗胆

がしんしょうたん

going through thick and thin to attain one's objective, enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance

嘗てない

かつてない

unprecedented; never seen before