祭

まつり

festival, feast

燔祭

はんさい

burnt offering (i.e. religious animal sacrifice)

奇祭

きさい

strange festival, festival with bizarre or unusual ritual

祭服

さいふく

vestments worn by priests and attendants (Shinto, Christian, etc.)

祝祭

しゅくさい

festivals, feasts

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.

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

学祭

がくさい

school festival

勅祭

ちょくさい

festival held by imperial order

供祭

ぐさい きょうさい

offerings, offerings and worship

祭具

さいぐ

equipment used in rituals

助祭

じょさい

deacon (Catholic)

合祭

ごうさい

enshrining together

喪祭

そうさい もさい

funerals and festivals

オリンピア祭

オリンピアさい

Festival of Zeus (held at Olympia every four years from 776 BCE to 393 BCE)

節祭

せつまつり しちまつり ぶしまつり

traditional festival in Kiryuu City, Saitama

祭り

まつり

festival; feast

葵祭

あおいまつり

hollyhock festival

鎮祭

ちんさい

religious ceremony (to appease the gods)