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    3. 地鎮祭

    地鎮祭

    地じ鎮ちん祭さい

    ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences)

    KMT10News #33+1NounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab35 strokes

    じちんさい

    Noun

    1.
    ceremony for purifying a building site (before building commences), ground-breaking ceremony
    Shinto

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    新あたらしい家いえを建たてる前まえに地じ鎮ちん祭さいを行おこなった。

    We held a ground-breaking ceremony before building the new house.

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    地じ鎮ちん祭さいは、工こう事じの安あん全ぜんと建たて物ものの繁はん栄えいを祈き願がんする神しん事じだ。

    The ground-breaking ceremony is a Shinto ritual to pray for the safety of construction and the prosperity of the building.

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    現げん代だいでも、多おおくの建けん設せつ現げん場ばで伝でん統とう的てきな地じ鎮ちん祭さいが執とり行おこなわれている。

    Even today, traditional ground-breaking ceremonies are held at many construction sites.

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    地じ鎮ちん祭さいには、神かん主ぬしが土と地ちを清きよめる儀ぎ式しきが含ふくまれる。

    The ground-breaking ceremony includes a ritual where a Shinto priest purifies the land.

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    地じ鎮ちん祭さいは、日に本ほんの建けん築ちく文ぶん化かに深ふかく根ねざした習しゅう慣かんである。

    The ground-breaking ceremony is a custom deeply rooted in Japanese architectural culture.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    地
    ground・earth
    鎮
    しず.める・しず.まる・おさえ…(5)
    tranquilize・ancient peace-preservation centers
    祭
    まつ.る・まつ.り・まつり…(1)
    ritual・offer prayers・celebrate・deify・enshrine…(1)
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