NounsShinto shrine
CommonN4Places and scenes
神社Shrines and temples
Visits, offerings, fortunes, and moving through the grounds.
Words you meet at a shrine or a temple, from the torii and the water basin to prayer plaques and seals.
This is a study list. Words found in the dictionary link to the full entry, with readings, pitch, kanji, and example sentences. Data and licences
19 words 1–19
0 known in this view
神社じんじゃ 寺てら Nounstemple (Buddhist)
CommonN4参拝さんぱい Nouns · Verbsgoing and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
Commonお参りおまいり Nouns · Verbsvisit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
CommonN2賽銭さいせん Nounsmonetary offering; offertory
御神籤おみくじ Nounsfortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
絵馬えま Nounsvotive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
手水てみず Nounswater for washing or moistening one's hands
鳥居とりい Nounstorii (Shinto shrine archway)
CommonN1本殿ほんでん Nounsmain hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary
拝むおがむ Verbsto assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects
CommonN2お願いおねがい Nouns · Verbsrequest; favour (to ask); wish
Common御朱印ごしゅいん Nounsgoshuin; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples
祭りまつり Nounsfestival; feast; matsuri
CommonN3境内けいだい Nounsgrounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
Common静かしずか Adjectivesquiet; silent
CommonN5鈴すず Nounsbell (often globular)
CommonN2お守りおまもり Nounscharm; amulet; talisman
Common仏ほとけ NounsBuddha; Shakyamuni
CommonN3