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お祭り (おまつり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
JLPT N4 Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Meanings 1
noun
festival ; matsuri
polite (teineigo)
Polite form of 祭り, used to refer to a traditional Japanese festival, often with religious or community celebrations. The honorific お adds politeness and is commonly used in everyday speech.
See also: 祭り
お 祭まつ り で 屋や 台たい の 食た べ 物もの を 楽たの しん だ 。
I enjoyed the food stalls at the festival.
Written forms お 祭まつ り
Standard polite form with honorific prefix お. The most common spelling.
お 祭まつり
Less common variant without the okurigana り.
お 祀まつ り
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 祀, which specifically refers to religious festivals or enshrinement.
お 祀まつり
rarely-used kanji form
Rare variant of お祀り without the okurigana.
Kanji 祭 ritual, offer prayers, celebrate Etymology Polite form of 祭り (matsuri), with the honorific prefix お added. 祭り itself derives from the verb 祀る (matsuru, 'to enshrine, to worship'), referring to rituals and celebrations for deities.
