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    3. 祭る

    祭る

    祭まつる​

    to deify

    N2KMT10News #43+1CoreRef L1Verb, TransitiveCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    祀る

    まつる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to deify, to enshrine
    2.
    to pray, to worship

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    神じん社じゃでは神かみ様さまを祭まつっています。

    Gods are enshrined at Shinto shrines.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    この地ち域いきでは、毎まい年ねん秋あきに豊ほう作さくを願ねがって祭まつりが開ひらかれ、祖そ先せんを祭まつります。

    In this region, a festival is held every autumn to pray for a good harvest, and ancestors are enshrined.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは生せい前ぜん、多おおくの人ひと々びとに慕したわれ、死し後ごは英えい雄ゆうとして祭まつられた。

    During his lifetime, he was admired by many people, and after his death, he was enshrined as a hero.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    日に本ほんでは、特とく定ていの自し然ぜん物ぶつを神かみとして祭まつる習しゅう慣かんがあります。

    In Japan, there is a custom of deifying and worshipping certain natural objects as gods.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyNature & Environment
    仏ぶつ壇だんには、故こ人じんの魂たましいを祭まつるための位い牌はいが置おかれています。

    An ancestral tablet is placed in the Buddhist altar to enshrine the soul of the deceased.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    祭
    まつ.る・まつ.り・まつり…(1)
    ritual・offer prayers・celebrate・deify・enshrine…(1)
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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