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    3. 祈念

    祈念

    祈き念ねん

    prayer

    KMT8News #18+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    きねん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    prayer

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    平へい和わを祈き念ねんする。

    I pray for peace.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは家か族ぞくの健けん康こうを祈き念ねんして、毎まい日にち神じん社じゃにお参まいりする。

    He prays for his family's health and visits the shrine every day.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyFamily & RelationshipsDaily Life
    多おおくの人ひと々びとが合ごう格かくを祈き念ねんして絵え馬まを奉ほう納のうした。

    Many people offered ema (votive tablets) praying for success in exams.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyEducationCulture & Traditions
    災さい害がいからの復ふっ興こうを祈き念ねんするイベントが各かく地ちで行おこなわれた。

    Events praying for recovery from the disaster were held in various places.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyNature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    戦せん争そうの犠ぎ牲せい者しゃを追つい悼とうし、恒こう久きゅう的てきな平へい和わを祈き念ねんする式しき典てんが開かい催さいされた。

    A ceremony was held to mourn the victims of the war and pray for lasting peace.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyHistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    祈
    いの.る…(3)
    pray・wish
    念
    wish・sense・idea・thought・feeling…(2)
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