新にい嘗なめ祭さい

noun

Niiname-sai; Harvest Festival

An imperial Shinto ritual held annually on November 23rd (Labor Thanksgiving Day), in which the Emperor offers newly harvested rice to the deities and partakes of it himself. The term is specific to this ceremony.

• 新にい嘗なめ祭さいは毎まい年とし11月がつ23日にちに行おこなわれる宮きゅう中ちゅう祭さい祀しです。

  The Niiname-sai is an imperial court ritual held every year on November 23rd.

• 天皇てんのう陛へい下かが新にい嘗なめ祭さいで新しん穀こくを神かみ々がみに供そなえられました。

  His Majesty the Emperor offered the new grain to the deities at the Niiname-sai.