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サイ
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38.6%
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(school) athletic festival
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
funerals and ceremonial occasions
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まつる
まつり
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38.1%
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to deify ②to pray
festival ②harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob ③galore (as in "goals galore")
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festival ②harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob ③galore (as in "goals galore")
killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits ②killing violently
to set up (in high position) ②to hold sacred
Star Festival (held in July or August)
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th)
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest ②seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
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まつり
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23.4%
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festival ②harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob ③galore (as in "goals galore")
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Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15)
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
Aomori Nebuta Festival (August 2-7)
shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest ②seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22)
Iwashimizu Festival (Sept. 15 festival held at Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto)
Kanda Festival (held at Kanda Myōjin Shrine in Tokyo on May 15)
Kasuga Festival (held at Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara on March 13)
ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)
Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15) ②Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
ceremony honoring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires) ②New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine ③festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
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Others
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offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
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