matsuri 1. (festival, feast, celebrate)
2. (deify, enshrine)
3. (ritual, offer prayers, worship, sacrifice or make offerings to one's ancestors)
matsu.ri 1. (festival, feast, celebrate)
2. (deify, enshrine)
3. (ritual, offer prayers, worship, sacrifice or make offerings to one's ancestors)

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❖ Festivals and rituals celebrating and honoring kami and ancestral spirits
❖ Also called omatsuri, oomatsuri, saishi

o (honorable) – written with kanji or hiragana
matsuri (festival, feast, celebrate, deify, enshrine, ritual, offer prayers, worship, sacrifice or make offerings to one's ancestors)

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oo (great, big, large)
matsu.ri (festival, feast, celebrate, deify, enshrine, ritual, offer prayers, worship, sacrifice or make offerings to one's ancestors)

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sai (ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship)
shi (enshrine, worship)
saishi (ritual, religious service, festival)

saishi shuzoku – Festival Practices

nenchu gyoji – Annual Events

tsûka girei – Rites of Passage

tama matsuri – Festivals for the Dead

ji matsuri – Ground Breaking Ceremonies