| おはか参り | [おはかまいり, ohakamairi] (n) ritual visit to the tomb of one's ancestors (bringing flowers, burning incense, cleansing the tombstone) |
| お田植え祭;お田植え祭り;御田植え祭り;御田植え祭 | [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 |
| 三役揃い踏み | [さんやくそろいぶみ, sanyakusoroibumi] (n) ritual stomping in unison on the final day of sumo tournament |
| 仕切り | [しきり, shikiri] (n) (1) partition; division; boundary; compartment; (2) settlement of accounts; (3) preliminary warm-up ritual (sumo); toeing the mark; (P) |
| 伝法灌頂 | [でんぼうかんじょう, denboukanjou] (n) {Buddh} (See 阿闍梨) consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism) |
| 切腹 | [せっぷく, seppuku] (n,vs) ritual suicide; disembowelment; seppuku; harakiri; (P) |
| 呪法 | [じゅほう, juhou] (n) (1) {Buddh} esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; (2) magic |
| 圭璧 | [けいへき, keiheki] (n) (arch) ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China |
| 奇祭 | [きさい, kisai] (n) strange festival; festival with bizarre or unusual ritual |
| 嬥歌 | [かがい, kagai] (n) (arch) (See 歌垣) ritual singing and dancing gathering of young men and women |
| 尻叩き;尻たたき | [しりたたき, shiritataki] (n,vs) (1) spanking; (n) (2) (arch) ritual spanking of a new bride to encourage fertility |
| 手水鉢 | [ちょうずばち, chouzubachi] (n) (See 手水舎) stoup or font for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting a shrine or temple |
| 揃い踏み | [そろいぶみ, soroibumi] (n) (1) ritual stamping in a sumo ring; (n,vs) (2) lineup; appearance together |
| 湯立て;湯立ち;湯立(io) | [ゆだて(湯立て;湯立);ゆだち(湯立ち;湯立), yudate ( yu tate ; yu ritsu ); yudachi ( yu tachi ; yu ritsu )] (n) (See 巫女・みこ・2) Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health) |
| 火祭;火祭り | [ひまつり, himatsuri] (n) (1) fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); (2) New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; (3) festival involving fire dedicated to the gods |
| 田植え祭り;田植え祭 | [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 |
| 田遊び;田遊 | [たあそび, taasobi] (n) ritual Shinto performance (usually performed around New Year's) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year |
| 神具 | [しんぐ;じんぐ, shingu ; jingu] (n) votive objects for a Shinto home shrine; ritual article |
| 腹切;腹切り | [はらきり, harakiri] (n) (col) ritual suicide; (self-)disembowelment; harakiri |
| 追い腹;追腹 | [おいばら, oibara] (n) (See 切腹) following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku) |