Word Meaning 新嘗祭

にいなめさい niinamesai

新嘗祭 is read as にいなめさい (niinamesai) and means ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice.

Meaning

English

ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice

Reading

Kana

にいなめさい

Romaji

niinamesai

Writing Variants

新嘗祭 しんじょうさい shinjousai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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新嘗

しんじょう

ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice

大嘗祭

おおなめまつり

first ceremonial offering of rice by newly-enthroned Emperor

神嘗祭

かんなめさい

offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)

新幹線

しんかんせん

Shinkansen

新鮮

しんせん

fresh

新人

しんじん

modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

新興

しんこう

rising

新た

あらた

new

新規

しんき

new customer

新聞

しんぶん

newspaper

新年

しんねん

New Year

新米

しんまい

new rice