| 式年 | [しきねん, shikinen] (n) (See 式年祭) year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th & 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter) [Add to Longdo] |
| 式年祭 | [しきねんさい, shikinensai] (n) (See 式年) imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years) [Add to Longdo] |
| 式年遷宮 | [しきねんせんぐう, shikinensenguu] (n) construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time [Add to Longdo] |
| 式年遷宮祭 | [しきねんせんぐうさい, shikinensenguusai] (n) fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall) [Add to Longdo] |