Words
Words with 式
Kanji 式, meaning style, appears in 803 Japanese vocabulary entries.
式叉摩那
しきしゃまな
probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment)
式年
しきねん
year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)
式年祭
しきねんさい
imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years)
式年遷宮
しきねんせんぐう
construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time
式年遷宮祭
しきねんせんぐうさい
fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)
手打ち式
てうちしき
hand-clapping ceremony (celebrating the settling of a bargain, marking a reconciliation, etc.)