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    3. 線香

    線香

    線せん香こう

    incense stick

    KMT9News #27+1Ref L2NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    せんこう

    Noun

    1.
    incense stick

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    お墓はか参まいりで線せん香こうをあげました。

    I offered incense sticks at the grave.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    仏ぶつ壇だんに線せん香こうを立たてて、故こ人じんを偲しのびます。

    I light incense sticks at the Buddhist altar to remember the deceased.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    線せん香こうの香かおりは、心こころを落おち着つかせ、瞑めい想そうを深ふかめる効こう果かがあると言いわれています。

    The scent of incense sticks is said to calm the mind and deepen meditation.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきなお祭まつりでは、線せん香こうが使つかわれることがあります。

    Incense sticks are sometimes used in traditional Japanese festivals.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    線せん香こうの煙けむりが立たち上あがる様よう子すは、日に本ほんの美び意い識しきの一ひとつとされています。

    The sight of incense smoke rising is considered one aspect of Japanese aesthetics.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    線
    すじ…(1)
    line・track
    香
    か・かお.り・かお.る…(6)
    incense・smell・perfume
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