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    3. 社殿

    社殿

    社しゃ殿でん

    (main building of a) Shinto shrine

    KMT10News #34+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    しゃでん

    Noun

    1.
    (main building of a) Shinto shrine

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    神じん社じゃの社しゃ殿でんはとても美うつくしい。

    The main building of the shrine is very beautiful.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophy
    参さん拝ぱい者しゃは社しゃ殿でんの前まえで手てを合あわせて祈いのる。

    Worshippers clap their hands and pray in front of the shrine's main building.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    この神じん社じゃの社しゃ殿でんは、江え戸ど時じ代だいに再さい建けんされたものだ。

    The main building of this shrine was rebuilt in the Edo period.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐうの社しゃ殿でんは、20年ねんごとに建たて替かえられる式しき年ねん遷せん宮ぐうが行おこなわれる。

    At Ise Grand Shrine, the Shikinen Sengu ritual, where the main shrine buildings are rebuilt every 20 years, is performed.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    古ふるい社しゃ殿でんの屋や根ねには、苔こけが生はえて趣おもむきがある。

    Moss grows on the roof of the old shrine building, giving it a tasteful appearance.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    社
    やしろ…(2)
    company・firm・office・association・shrine
    殿
    との・-どの…(4)
    Mr.・hall・mansion・palace・temple…(1)
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