Word Meaning 神武天皇祭

じんむてんのうさい jimmutennousai

神武天皇祭 is read as じんむてんのうさい (jimmutennousai) and means Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

じんむてんのうさい

Romaji

jimmutennousai

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Rank 104527 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

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神田祭

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神幸祭

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

神嘗祭

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

神皇正統記

じんのうしょうとうき

Jinno Shotoki (Succession of Imperial Rulers in Japan, historical treatise by Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1339)

神武東征

じんむとうせい

Emperor Jimmu's eastern expedition (starting in Hyuga in 607 BCE, ending with the unification of Yamato)

春季皇霊祭

しゅんきこうれいさい

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox

秋季皇霊祭

しゅうきこうれいさい

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox

皇霊祭

こうれいさい

equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors

神武以来

じんむいらい

since the era of the Emperor Jimmu

神武景気

じんむけいき

Jimmu Boom (economic boom of the mid-1950s)