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お祭り (おまつり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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In summer, there is a festival in my neighborhood.
I enjoyed the food stalls at the festival.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 でお 祭まつ りがある there is a festival at 〈place〉
There's a festival at the nearby shrine this weekend.
お 祭まつ りに 行い く to go to a festival
I wore a yukata and went to the festival.
お 祭まつ りが 始はじ まる ／ 終お わる the festival starts / ends
The festival began with the sound of drums.
お 祭まつ りの 屋や 台たい festival food stalls
I bought takoyaki at a festival stall.
Kanji 祭 ritual, offer prayers, celebrate Related words 縁日 refers specifically to a temple or shrine fair day with stalls, while お祭り covers festivals more broadly, including ones without stalls.
フェスティバル is a modern loanword used for secular or Western-style events (music festivals, film festivals), while お祭り usually implies a traditional Japanese community or shrine 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.
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.
