[おたうえまつり, otauematsuri] (n) (1) shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest; (2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
[すずりあらい, suzuriarai] (n) (obsc) (See 七夕) event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies
[ごさいえ;みさいえ, gosaie ; misaie] (n) (See 金光明最勝王経) imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
[まじなう, majinau] (v5u) (1) (arch) to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray; (2) to pray for the death or misfortune of another; to curse; (3) to treat illness with prayer
[たうえまつり, tauematsuri] (n) (1) shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a succesful harvest; (2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine