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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:
- 美術館は祭日は閉館する ⇨ The museum will be closed on public holidays
- 彼は御祭りで太鼓を叩いた ⇨ He played a drum in the festival
- 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
- 彼は御祭りで神輿を担いだ ⇨ He carried a mikoshi palanquine in the festival
- やり方を間違えた事に気が付いたが、後の祭りだった (あとのまつり) ⇨ I realized I did it the wrong way, but it was too late then
- お祭りは楽しい企画が目白押しです ⇨ The festival is chock full of fun events
- 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
- 彼は裏切り者を血祭りに上げた ⇨ He brutally killed the traitor
- 祭日には過食しがちだ ⇨ We tend to overeat during holidays
- 若人達の祭典 ⇨ A festival for youth
- 力士は地域の御祭りによく招待される ⇨ Professional sumo wrestlers often get invited to local festivals
- オリンピックは世界最大のスポーツの祭典だ ⇨ Olympics are the biggest sports festival in the world
- 縁日のお祭りに行った ⇨ We went to a festival on a religious holiday
- 札幌は毎年雪祭りを開催する ⇨ Sapporo holds a snow festival every year
- 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