皇霊祭

こうれいさい

equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors

慰霊祭

いれいさい

memorial service

万霊祭

ばんれいさい

All Souls' Day

合同慰霊祭

ごうどういれいさい

joint service for the war dead

春季皇霊祭

しゅんきこうれいさい

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox

秋季皇霊祭

しゅうきこうれいさい

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox

聖霊降臨祭

せいれいこうりんさい

(the feast of) Pentecost

祖先の霊を祭る

そせんのれいをまつる

to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

霊

れい

soul, spirit, departed soul, ghost

祭

まつり

festival, feast

分霊

ぶんれい

division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine, spirit divided in such a manner

皇霊

こうれい

spirits of past emperors

威霊

いれい

powerful spirit

言霊

ことだま

soul of language, power of words

御霊

みたま ごりょう

spirit of a deceased person

祖霊

それい

ancestral spirit, collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities

霊異

れいい りょうい

miracle, wonder, wondrous thing

霊長

れいちょう

leader with miraculous powers, humanity

霊威

れいい

mysterious power