祝祭日

しゅくさいじつ

national holiday

春日祭

かすがまつり

Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)

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

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

祭礼

さいれい

(religious) festival

祭主

さいしゅ

(head) priest, head priest of the Ise Shrine

例祭

れいさい

regular festival, annual festival