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祭 kanji
ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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Kun readings
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Words with 祭
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —勅祭festival held by imperial order
- —燔祭burnt offering (i.e. religious animal sacrifice)
- —聖祭Catholic rite (e.g. mass); hierurgy
- —霊祭ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
- —主祭person conducting a ritual; priest directing a ceremony; chief priest; conducting a ritual
- —学園祭school festival; campus festival
- —元始祭Festival of Origins (January 3)
- —謝肉祭carnival (festival held before Lent)
- —祝祭日national holiday
- —大祭司High Priest (of Israel)
- —弔祭料gift at a memorial service
- —百年祭centenary; centennial celebration
- —文化祭school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
- —例年祭annual festival
- —労働祭Labor Day; May Day
- —音楽祭music festival
- —感謝祭Thanksgiving (Day); customer appreciation event; thank you (for your patronage) sales campaign
- —独立祭Independence Day celebration
- —収穫祭harvest festival
- —鎮魂祭ceremony for the repose of a soul; ceremony to pray for the long life of the emperor, empress, crown prince, etc.