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    3. 参宮

    参宮

    参さん宮ぐう

    pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)

    KMT10News #46+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    さんぐう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)
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    伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐうへ参さん宮ぐうする。

    I will make a pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine.

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    昔むかしの人ひと々びとは、一いっ生しょうに一いち度どは伊い勢せ参さん宮ぐうを夢ゆめ見みていた。

    People in the past dreamed of making a pilgrimage to Ise at least once in their lives.

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    参さん宮ぐうの旅たびは、単たんなる観かん光こうではなく、精せい神しん的てきな浄じょう化かの機き会かいと捉とらえられていた。

    The pilgrimage journey was not merely sightseeing, but was regarded as an opportunity for spiritual purification.

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    参さん宮ぐう道みちには、多おおくの宿しゅく場ば町まちが栄さかえた。

    Many post towns flourished along the pilgrimage route.

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    家か族ぞくの健けん康こうを祈き願がんするため、祖そ母ぼは毎まい年とし参さん宮ぐうしている。

    My grandmother makes a pilgrimage every year to pray for the health of our family.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    参
    まい.る・まい-・まじわる・みつ…(3)
    nonplussed・three (in documents)・going・coming・visiting…(6)
    宮
    みや…(6)
    Shinto shrine・constellations・palace・princess
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