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祭 [さい] meaning: festival rank: 3
☆ カンヌ映画祭 ⇨ The Cannes film festival
☆ 日本の学校は毎年学園祭を開く ⇨ Japanese schools hold annual school festivals
More examples:
- お祭りに通算二十万人が来場した ⇨ A total 200k people came to the festival
- 神社で御祭りが開かれている (おまつり) ⇨ A festival is held at the shrine
- 喪中なので御祭りに参加しなかった ⇨ I didn’t participate in the festival because I was in the mourning
- 盆には先祖の霊を祭る ⇨ During Bon you pray for the spirits of your ancestors
- この映画は映画祭で最優秀賞に輝いた ⇨ This movie won the grand prix in the film festival
- 家の祭壇 ⇨ A private altar in a house
- 若人達の祭典 ⇨ A festival for youth
- 月曜日が祭日なので三連休になる ⇨ Monday is a national holiday so it will be three consecutive day-offs
- 慰霊祭 ⇨ A ritual to console the spirits of the dead
- 今頃悔やんでも後の祭りだ (あとのまつり) ⇨ It is too late to regret now
- お祭りに多くが出店した ⇨ Many had stores open at the festival venue
- 祭日には過食しがちだ ⇨ We tend to overeat during holidays
- 夏祭り ⇨ A summer festival
- お祭りの行列が街を練り歩いた ⇨ The festival parade walked across the town
- 但し祭日の場合は除く ⇨ However that excludes national holidays