Word Meaning 祭神

さいじん saijin

祭神 is read as さいじん (saijin) and means enshrined deity.

Meaning

English

enshrined deity

Reading

Kana

さいじん

Romaji

saijin

Writing Variants

祭神さいしん saishin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 8812 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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神田祭

かんだまつり

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

天神祭

てんじんまつり

Tenjin Festival (Osaka)

神幸祭

しんこうさい

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

海神祭

うんじゃみまつり

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

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)

神葬祭

しんそうさい

Shinto funeral ceremony

神嘗祭

かんなめさい

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

祭

まつり

festival

祭る

まつる

to deify

祭礼

さいれい

(religious) festival

祭日

さいじつ

national holiday

祭事

さいじ