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 137460 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

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

魂を入れ替える

たましいをいれかえる

to turn over a new leaf

冠婚葬祭

かんこんそうさい

important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

雛祭

ひなまつり

Hinamatsuri (March 3)

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