Meaning

Primary

School Festival

Alternatives

Culture Festival, Arts Festival

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Remember how 文化 means "culture?" Well add festival to it and you end up with a culture festival! These happen all the time at Japanese schools, so sometimes they're called school festivals too.

Reading

ぶんかさい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You've learned all of these readings already, good for you!

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 文化祭をする

    to hold a school festival

    文化祭を楽しむ

    to enjoy a school festival

    文化祭を中止する

    to suspend a school festival

Context Sentences

そっちの学校の文化祭っていつ?

When is your school's culture festival?

文化祭の練習、何時にする?

What time should we start the school festival rehearsal?

うちの文化祭に誰か有名人が来るらしいよ!

It seems like a famous person is going to come to our school's culture festival!

Kanji Composition