Word Meaning 神嘗祭

かんなめさい kannamesai

神嘗祭 is read as かんなめさい (kannamesai) and means offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

かんなめさい

Romaji

kannamesai

Writing Variants

神嘗祭 かんにえのまつり kannienomatsuri
神嘗祭 しんじょうさい shinjousai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Rank 165103 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神田祭

かんだまつり

Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)

神武天皇祭

じんむてんのうさい

Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)

神幸祭

しんこうさい

festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine

神葬祭

しんそうさい

Shinto funeral ceremony

天神祭

てんじんまつり

Tenjin Festival (Osaka)

海神祭

うんじゃみまつり

Okinawan festival held in the honour of the sea gods (honor)

大嘗祭

だいじょうさい

first ceremonial offering of rice by newly-enthroned Emperor

新嘗祭

にいなめさい

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

祭神

さいしん

enshrined deity

神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神道

しんとう

Shinto

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)