Word Meaning 神葬祭

しんそうさい shinsousai

神葬祭 is read as しんそうさい (shinsousai) and means Shinto funeral ceremony.

Meaning

English

  1. Shinto funeral ceremony

Reading

Kana

しんそうさい

Romaji

shinsousai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 135652 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

神田祭

かんだまつり

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

神幸祭

しんこうさい

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

神嘗祭

かんなめさい

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

神葬

しんそう

Shinto funeral

冠婚葬祭

かんこんそうさい

important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

葬祭

そうさい

funerals and ceremonial occasions

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)

祭神

さいじん

enshrined deity

神髄

しんずい

essence

神秘

しんぴ

mystery