Kanji1 / 11
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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まつるまつりまつり
Words with 祭
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —地鎮祭ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony
- —神嘗祭offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
- —植樹祭tree-planting ceremony; Arbor Day
- —祭祀料donation made at a ritual
- —祭壇座Ara (constellation); the Altar
- —記念祭anniversary; commemoration
- —聖誕祭Christmas; holy birthday
- —復活祭Easter
- —赤道祭ceremony to celebrate crossing the equator
- —祈年祭prayer service for a good crop
- —団菊祭kabuki performance in commemoration of Danjuro and Kikugoro
- —映画祭film festival
- —五月祭May Day; May Festival
- —体育祭(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
- —新嘗祭ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice
- —大嘗祭first ceremonial offering of rice by newly enthroned Emperor
- —後夜祭closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
- —降誕祭Christmas; Nativity; celebration of the birthday of a saint or great man
- —学校祭school festival
- —大学祭university festival; rag day