地鎮祭 じちんさい ceremony for purifying a building site… #24,808 Meanings noun, Shinto ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences); ground-breaking ceremony Its kanji 地 チ、ジ ground, earth 鎮 チン · しず.める、しず.まる、おさえ tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers 祭 サイ · まつ.る、まつ.り、まつり ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship