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    3. 参拝

    参拝

    参さん拝ぱい

    going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple)

    KMT5News #7+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    さんぱい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple), visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)

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    お寺てらに参さん拝ぱいに行いきました。

    I went to visit the temple to worship.

    KMT4Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    初はつ詣もうで神じん社じゃに参さん拝ぱいする。

    I visit the shrine for the first shrine visit of the New Year.

    KMT5Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは毎まい朝あさ、近きん所じょの小ちいさな祠ほこらに参さん拝ぱいする習しゅう慣かんがある。

    He has a habit of visiting the small local shrine every morning to worship.

    KMT5Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    多おおくの人ひと々びとが平へい和わを願ねがってその聖せい地ちを参さん拝ぱいする。

    Many people visit that sacred place to pray for peace.

    KMT6Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    日に本ほんでは、お祭まつりや特とく別べつな日ひに家か族ぞくで神じん社じゃに参さん拝ぱいすることが多おおい。

    In Japan, families often visit shrines to worship on festival days or special occasions.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships

    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)
    拝
    おが.む・おろが.む…(1)
    worship・adore・pray to
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