Word Meaning 御斎会

ごさいえ gosaie

御斎会 is read as ごさいえ (gosaie) and means imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods).

Meaning

English

  1. imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Reading

Kana

ごさいえ

Romaji

gosaie

Writing Variants

  • 御斎会 みさいえ misaie

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 94611 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

御霊会

ごりょうえ

ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead

神宮奉斎会

じんぐうほうさいかい

Ise Shrine Offering Association (secular organization formed from Jingu-kyo in 1899; dissolved in 1946)

御歌会始

おうたかいはじめ

annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)

構成制御委員会

こうせいせいぎょいいんかい

configuration control board

御無沙汰

ごぶさた

not writing or contacting for a while

御霊

みたま

spirit of a deceased person

御用邸

ごようてい

imperial villa

御苑

ぎょえん

imperial garden

御利益

ごりやく

benefit

御曹司

おんぞうし

son of a distinguished family

御当地相撲

ごとうちずもう

local wrestler

御室派

おむろは

Omuro (sect of Shingon Buddhism)