Word Meaning 魂祭

たままつり tamamatsuri

魂祭 is read as たままつり (tamamatsuri) and means ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival).

Meaning

English

ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)

Reading

Kana

たままつり

Romaji

tamamatsuri

Writing Variants

魂祭り たままつり tamamatsuri
霊祭たままつり tamamatsuri
霊祭り たままつり tamamatsuri

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 138998 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

招魂祭

しょうこんさい

memorial service (esp. for war dead)

鎮魂祭

ちんこんさい

ceremony for the repose of a soul

魂

たましい

soul

魂胆

こんたん

complicated circumstances

魂不死説

たましいふしせつ

(theory of) the immortality of the soul

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

慰霊祭

いれいさい

memorial service

司祭

しさい

priest

地鎮祭

じちんさい

ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences)

独立祭

どくりつさい

Independence Day celebration

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.)