Word Meaning 葵祭

Listen to 冠婚葬祭

冠婚葬祭

かんこんそうさい

important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

Listen to 雛祭

雛祭

ひなまつり

Hinamatsuri (March 3)

Listen to 葬祭

葬祭

そうさい

funerals and ceremonial occasions

Listen to 慰霊祭

慰霊祭

いれいさい

memorial service

Listen to 司祭

司祭

しさい

priest

Listen to 地鎮祭

地鎮祭

じちんさい

ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences)

Listen to 独立祭

独立祭

どくりつさい

Independence Day celebration

Listen to 大感謝祭

大感謝祭

だいかんしゃさい

great customer appreciation sale (held at year-end, on a company anniversary, etc.)

Listen to 女司祭

女司祭

おんなしさい

priestess

Listen to 結願祭

結願祭

きつがんさい

festival for requests and expressions of thanks to the gods (Okinawa)

Listen to 感謝祭

感謝祭

かんしゃさい

Thanksgiving (Day)

Listen to 式年遷宮祭

式年遷宮祭

しきねんせんぐうさい

fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)