[しきぶ, shikibu] (n) (Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies; (P) #17852
[masuta-obuseremoni-] (n) master of ceremonies
[うこんのたちばな, ukonnotachibana] (n) (See 紫宸殿, 左近の桜) tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
[がくぶ, gakubu] (n) Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)
[こうじ, kouji] (n) political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit
[こうへん, kouhen] (n) public ceremonies; public affairs
[あらぶし;あらよ, arabushi ; arayo] (n) (1) common and low grade type of katsuobushi; (2) bamboo rod used during imperial exorcism ceremonies
[こくてん, kokuten] (n) a nation's laws; national rites or ceremonies
[さこんのさくら, sakonnosakura] (n) (See 右近の橘, 紫宸殿) cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)
[さべんかん, sabenkan] (n) (See 弁官) Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration & Popular Affairs)
[さいしゅ, saishu] (n) master of religious ceremonies
[しかいしゃ, shikaisha] (n) chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; (P)
[ししんでん;ししいでん, shishinden ; shishiiden] (n) (See 十七殿) Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
[しきぶかん, shikibukan] (n) official responsible for court ceremonies
[しきぶしょう, shikibushou] (n) (Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies
[しきぶしょく, shikibushoku] (n) Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
[しゃじん;とねり(gikun), shajin ; toneri (gikun)] (n) (1) servant; valet; footman; (2) (arch) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (3) (arch) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system); (4) (arch) ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy; (5) (See 宮内省) honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies
[いでい;でい, idei ; dei] (n) (1) (arch) sitting outdoors; (2) (See 寝殿造り) room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; (3) temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
[しんし;しんじ;しじ(ok), shinshi ; shinji ; shiji (ok)] (n) (1) (See 科挙) palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; (2) (See 式部省) examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination
[せいでん, seiden] (n) (1) main temple; main building of a shrine; (2) (See 紫宸殿, 内裏・1) alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; (3) central building of a palace; State Chamber
[おおぬさ, oonusa] (n) (1) (arch) streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies); (2) being in great demand
[ちょうどういん, choudouin] (n) (See 大内裏) reception compound; part of the palace where important ceremonies were held
[なんてい, nantei] (n) (1) grounds south of a building; southern garden; (2) (See 紫宸殿) garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace)
[えだる, edaru] (n) (See 酒樽) red and black lacquered sake cask with horn-like handles, used for ceremonies
[まっちゃ, maccha] (n) powdered green tea for ceremonies; (P)
[いし, ishi] (n) traditional square chair with armrests and a torii-shaped back (used by the emperor, etc. during ceremonies)
[はらえぐし, haraegushi] (n) (obsc) (See 玉串・1) tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies