祭り

Japanese

A Japanese festival.

Kanji in this term
祭
まつ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
祭

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 祭(まつ)る (matsuru, “to enshrine”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まつり [màtsúrí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨᵝɾʲi]

Noun

祭(まつ)り • (matsuri) 

1. festival
2. ceremonial

Synonyms

• 祭典(さいてん) (saiten)
• 祝(しゅく)祭(さい) (shukusai)

Derived terms

• お祭(まつ)り (omatsuri)
• 夏祭(なつまつ)り (natsumatsuri)
• 雛祭(ひなまつ)り (hinamatsuri)