The village festival is very lively.
祭
ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
Kanji
Grade
Grade 3
Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
示部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
サイ
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
まつる, まつり, まつり
Common Readings
サイ, まつ…り, まつ…る
Example sentences
Many citizens participated in that festival.
I went to the local festival with my friends.
The academy festival was very lively.
My fishing line got tangled with the person next to me.
Many people gathered for the festival.
The whole class will perform a play at next month's school festival.
The cultural festival performance was a huge success.
He quietly knelt before the altar and offered a prayer.
The Shinto priest offered the food offerings on the altar.
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