Word Meaning 清明祭

せいめいさい seimeisai

清明祭 is read as せいめいさい (seimeisai) and means tomb sweeping festival (Okinawa, April 4 or 5).

Meaning

English

  1. tomb sweeping festival (Okinawa, April 4 or 5)

Reading

Kana

せいめいさい

Romaji

seimeisai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 97314 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

清明

せいめい

"clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5)

清風明月

せいふうめいげつ

refreshing breeze and the bright moon

石清水祭

いわしみずさい

Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)

明清楽

みんしんがく

Ming and Qing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war)

清算

せいさん

liquidation

清掃

せいそう

cleaning

清らか

きよらか

clean

清い

きよい

clean

清朝

しんちょう

seichōtai

清書

せいしょ

fair copy

清新

せいしん

fresh

清々しい

すがすがしい

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air)