- 開催【かいさい】 - holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.), opening, hosting (e.g. the Olympics) 
- 主催【しゅさい】 - sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices), promotion, organizing, organising, hosting, staging 
- 催し【もよおし】 - event, festivities, function, social gathering, auspices, opening, holding (a meeting) 
- 催す【もよおす】 - to hold (an event), to give (a dinner, party, etc.), to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.), to show signs of 
- 催促【さいそく】 - pressing, urging, demanding, demand 
- 共催【きょうさい】 - joint sponsorship (of an event), cosponsorship, joint hosting 
- 催眠【さいみん】 - hypnosis 
- 催涙【さいるい】 - tear-inducing 
- 催し物【もよおしもの】 - (program of) entertainments, special events, exhibitions, amusements, attractions 
- 催眠術【さいみんじゅつ】 - hypnotism