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    3. 香炉

    香炉

    香こう炉ろ

    censer

    KMT10News #36+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab17 strokes

    こうろ

    Noun

    1.
    censer, incense burner

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    仏ぶつ壇だんに香こう炉ろが置おいてあります。

    There is an incense burner on the Buddhist altar.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions
    部へ屋やに良よい香かおりを広ひろげるために香こう炉ろを使つかいます。

    I use an incense burner to spread a nice fragrance in the room.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions
    この香こう炉ろは江え戸ど時じ代だいに作つくられたもので、非ひ常じょうに価か値ちが高たかい。

    This incense burner was made in the Edo period and is very valuable.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    茶さ道どうでは、香こう炉ろを用もちいて空くう間かんを清きよめることがあります。

    In the tea ceremony, an incense burner is sometimes used to purify the space.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    お寺てらでは、参さん拝ぱい者しゃが香こう炉ろに線せん香こうを立たてて祈いのりを捧ささげます。

    At temples, worshippers place incense sticks in an incense burner and offer prayers.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    香
    か・かお.り・かお.る…(6)
    incense・smell・perfume
    炉
    いろり…(1)
    hearth・furnace・kiln・reactor
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