Japanese symbol for “revelry”
お祭り騒ぎ
おまつりさわぎ
Romaji: omatsurisawagi
festival merrymaking; revelry
In Japanese, revelry is お祭り騒ぎ, read おまつりさわぎ (omatsurisawagi).
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Meanings
- n festival merrymaking; revelry
Written forms: お祭り騒ぎ、お祭りさわぎ、お祭騒ぎ、御祭騒ぎ. Readings: おまつりさわぎ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “revelry”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飲めや歌え | のめやうたえ nomeyautae | revelry |
| 狂宴 | きょうえん kyouen | revelry; tumultuous party; wild party |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祭り | まつり matsuri | festival; feast; matsuri |
| 祭典 | さいてん saiten | festival |
| 前夜祭 | ぜんやさい zen'yasai | event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve) |
| 冠婚葬祭 | かんこんそうさい kankonsousai | important ceremonial occasions in family relationships |
| 司祭 | しさい shisai | priest; minister; pastor |
| 祭壇 | さいだん saidan | altar |
| 騒動 | そうどう soudou | riot; rebellion; turmoil |
| 騒ぎ | さわぎ sawagi | uproar; disturbance |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.