festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
summer festival; summer matsuri
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering; killing violently; bloodbath; menstruation
autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
winter festival; winter matsuri
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
spring festival; spring matsuri
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
(traditional) festival music
semi-naked festival; festival in which the participants go naked apart from loin-cloths
Nebuta Festival (in Aomori, August 2-7)
main festival; main day of a festival
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
small festival held the night before the main festival; eve of a festival
festival in honor of Daikokuten
Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri
to enshrine; to promote (a troublesome person) to a less influential position; to kick upstairs
ceremony for the repose of a soul; ceremony to pray for the long life of the emperor, empress, crown prince, etc.
to enshrine; to promote (a troublesome person) to a less influential position; to kick upstairs
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
Ainu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
danjiri festival; cart-pulling festival
rule; government; administration
Bellows Festival; festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray
shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
(rocky) seashore party; seashore festival; celebration in honor of the dragon god by fishermen after a good haul
danjiri festival; cart-pulling festival
ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
Scarecrow Festival; Kakashi Festival
festival tabi; strong, rubber-soled footwear worn by festival participants
day-after festival; night-after festival; (smaller) festival held the day (or night) after the main festival
Scarecrow Festival; Kakashi Festival
Scarecrow Festival; Kakashi Festival
Roman Festivals (Respighi)
the Feast of Weeks; Pentecost
minor festival (held in place of a larger festival that is not recurring every year)
ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)
Akita Kantō Festival (3-6 August)