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    3. 神明

    神明

    神しん明めい

    deity

    KMT10News #39+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    しんめい

    Noun

    1.
    deity, god
    2.
    Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)

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    神しん明めいに祈いのりを捧ささげた。

    I offered a prayer to the deity.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    日に本ほん各かく地ちには、その土と地ちを守まもる神しん明めいが祀まつられた神じん社じゃがあります。

    Throughout Japan, there are shrines dedicated to deities who protect the land.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsHistory
    日に本ほんの神しん話わには多おおくの神しん明めいが登とう場じょうします。

    Many deities appear in Japanese mythology.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    古こ代だいの人ひと々びとは、自し然ぜん現げん象しょうを神しん明めいの力ちからと信しんじていた。

    Ancient people believed natural phenomena were the power of deities.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistoryNature & Environment
    伊い勢せ神じん宮ぐうは、天あま照てらす大おお御み神かみを主しゅ祭さい神じんとする神しん明めいを祀まつる場ば所しょです。

    Ise Grand Shrine is a place where deities, with Amaterasu Omikami as the main enshrined deity, are worshipped.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
    神
    かみ・かん-・こう-…(11)
    gods・mind・soul
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