ji (ground, earth)
matsuri (ritual, offer prayers, worship)

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❖ Rituals performed before and during constructing a building, to worship the kami of the locality and to pray for safety during the process of construction

an (relax, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful)
zen (whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill)
anzen (safety, security)
ki (pray, wish)
gan (petition, request, vow, wish, hope)
kigan (prayer)
shiki (ceremony, rite, function)

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❖ Safety ceremony for health and protection of workers at a jobsite

ji (ground, earth)
chin (tranquilize)
sai (ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship)

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❖ Pacification of the grounds
❖ Ground breaking ceremony

jô (above, up)
tô (ridgepole, ridge)
jôtô (raising the ridgepole)
shiki (ceremony, rite, function)

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❖ Ridgebeam-raising ceremony
❖ Also called jôtôsai

jô (above, up)
tô (ridgepole, ridge)
jôtô (raising the ridgepole)
sai (ritual, offer prayers, celebrate)

shun (end, finish)
kô (achievement, success)
shunko (completion (of work))
shiki (ceremony, rite, function)

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shun (end, finish)
kô (craft, construction)
shunko (completion (of work))
shiki (ceremony, rite, function)

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❖ Completion ceremony

shun (end, finish)
kô (achievement, success)
shunkô (completion (of work))
kiyo (pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise)
harae (purification, exorcism)
shiki (ceremony, rite, function)

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shun (end, finish)
kô (craft, construction)
shunkô (completion (of work))
kiyo (pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise)
harae (purification, exorcism)
shiki (ceremony, rite, function)

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❖ Opening or inauguration ceremony
❖ Also called shûnin shiki

shû (concerning, settle, take position)
nin (responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint)
shûnin (inauguration)
shiki (ceremony, rite, function)