[やま, yama] (n, ctr) (1) mountain; hill; (2) mine (e.g. coal mine); (3) heap; pile; (n) (4) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); (5) climax; peak; critical point; (6) guess; speculation; (7) (used by policemen, crime reporters, etc.) criminal case; crime; (8) (See 山鉾) festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); (n-pref) (9) wild; (P) #606
[まつり, matsuri] (n) (See お祭り) festival; feast; (P) #814
[fesuteibaru (P); fesuteiva] (n) festival; (P) #4976
[でみせ, demise] (n, vs) (1) setting up a food stall or booth (bazaar, festival); (n, adj-f, vs) (2) opening a branch office #6433
[ひらく, hiraku] (v5k, vt) (1) to open (e.g. a bank-account, festival, etc.); (v5k, vi) (2) to spread out; to open up (flower bud, umbrella, etc.); to widen (gap, distance, width); (3) to hold; to give (party, conference, etc.); (P) #7332
[さいてん, saiten] (n) festival; (P) #11016
[れいさい, reisai] (n) regular festival; annual festival #12999
[やたい, yatai] (n) (1) (See 屋台店) cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand; (2) (See 踊り屋台) festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform; (3) stage prop fashioned after a large building; (4) (abbr) (See 屋台骨) framework (of a house, etc.); (5) (arch) house (esp. a small and miserable house); (P) #13451
[たいさい, taisai] (n) grand festival #13465
[さいし, saishi] (n) ritual; religious service; festival #13810
[さいじ, saiji] (n) festival; rites; ritual #15315
[ぼん, bon] (n) (1) O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead; (2) tray; (3) family; household; (P) #15326
[いわう, iwau] (v5u, vt) to congratulate; to celebrate; to observe (a festival); (P) #15794
[さいれい, sairei] (n) (religious) festival; (P) #15812
[ちょうよう, chouyou] (n) (See 五節句) Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) #16711
[だし;さんしゃ(山車), dashi ; sansha ( dashi )] (n) (uk) festival car (float) #17836
[かける, kakeru] (v1, vt) (1) (See 壁にかける) to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag); (2) (See 腰を掛ける) to sit; (aux-v, v1) (3) to be partway (verb); to begin (but not complete); (4) (See 時間を掛ける) to take (time, money); to expend (money, time, etc.); (5) (See 電話を掛ける) to make (a call); (6) to multiply; (7) (See 鍵を掛ける) to secure (e.g. lock); (8) (See 眼鏡を掛ける) to put on (glasses, etc.); (9) to cover; (10) (See 迷惑を掛ける) to burden someone; (11) (See 保険を掛ける) to apply (insurance); (12) to turn on (an engine, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); (13) to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on; (14) to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.); (15) (also 繋ける) to bind; (16) (See 塩をかける) to pour (or sprinkle, spray, etc.) onto; (17) (See 裁判に掛ける) to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.); (18) to increase further; (19) to catch (in a trap, etc.); (20) to set atop; (21) to erect (a makeshift building); (22) to hold (a play, festival, etc.); (aux-v) (23) (See 話し掛ける) (after -masu stem of verb) indicates (verb) is being directed to (someone); (P) #18130
[いわい, iwai] (n) (See お祝い) congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift; (P) #19898
[eejanaika] (exp) (1) isn't it great?; (n) (2) carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868
[おわらかぜのぼん, owarakazenobon] (n) Owara-Kaze-no-Bon Festival (Toyama)
[おひたき;おほたき, ohitaki ; ohotaki] (n) Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)
[おまつり, omatsuri] (n) (pol) (See 祭り) festival; feast; carnival
[おいわい, oiwai] (n, vs) (hon) (See 祝い) congratulation; congratulations; celebration; festival; congratulatory gift; (P)
[おみこし, omikoshi] (n) (1) (pol) (See 御輿・1) portable shrine (carried in festivals); (2) (uk) (See 腰・こし・1) buttocks; lower back; waist; hips; (P)
[おちゅうげん, ochuugen] (n) (See 中元・2) Bon Festival gifts; (P)
[おぼん, obon] (n) O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead
[kamakura] (n) mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; (P)
[nebuta] (n) (1) (See ねぶた祭り) nighttime festival in Aomori; (adj-na) (2) drowsy (Aomori dial.)
[ねぶたまつり, nebutamatsuri] (n) nighttime festival in Aomori
[ふいごまつり, fuigomatsuri] (n) Bellows Festival (festival for blacksmiths and foundries on the eighth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, on which they would clean their bellows and pray)
[puyopuyosukui] (n) (See 金魚掬い, ぷよぷよ) jelly ball scooping (festival game)
[i-do] (n) Eid (Muslim festival) (ara
[iomante ; iyomante] (n) Ainu bear festival (ain
[uddosutokkufesuteibaru] (n) Woodstock Music and Art Festival (1969)
[オリンピアさい, orinpia sai] (n) (See オリンピック) Festival of Zeus (held at Olympia every four years from 776 BCE to 393 BCE)
[キャラクターすくい, kyarakuta-sukui] (n) (uk) (See 金魚掬い) character scooping; festival game of scooping up plastic cartoon figurines floating in water
[jazufesuteibaru] (n) jazz festival
[スーパーボールすくい, su-pa-bo-ru sukui] (n) (uk) (See 金魚掬い) SuperBall scooping; festival game in which one scoops up rubber bouncy balls floating in water
[suno-fesuteibaru ; suno-. fesuteibaru] (n) snow festival
[チャグチャグうまコ(チャグチャグ馬コ);チャグチャグうまこ(チャグチャグ馬こ), chaguchagu uma ko ( chaguchagu uma ko ); chaguchagu umako ( chaguchagu uma ko )] (n) (1) Chagu Chagu Horse Festival (of Iwate Prefecture); (2) small wooden horse toy with bells on its neck (made in Iwate prefecture)
[fesu] (n) (abbr) (See フェスティバル) festival
[fesuta] (n) (See 祭り) festival (ita
[ヨーヨーつり, yo-yo-tsuri] (n) yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook
[rokkufesuteibaru] (n) rock festival; rockfest
[あわおどり, awaodori] (n) Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
[あおいまつり, aoimatsuri] (n) hollyhock festival
[いのこのいわい, inokonoiwai] (n) (See 亥の子) Day-of-the-Boar Festival
[いちばんだいこ, ichibandaiko] (n) beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)
[かげまつり, kagematsuri] (n) (See 本祭り) minor festival (held when there is no regular festival)
[えいがかんしょうかい, eigakanshoukai] (n) film festival