Illustration: At a modest neighborhood Shinto shrine, a visitor stands before the wooden worship hall with hands together after clapping. A torii frames the approach, and a thick sacred rope with folded paper streamers hangs above the hall entrance. An offertory box and bell rope sit directly before the visitor.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

神じん社じゃ

jinja

Shinto shrine

Example sentences

  1. 京都きょうとには多おおくの神社じんじゃがある。

    There are many shrines in Kyoto.

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  2. その神社じんじゃは２００年前ねんまえに建たてられた。

    The shrine was built two hundred years ago.

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  3. この道みちは神社じんじゃへ通つうじていますよ。

    This path will lead you to the shrine.

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Kanji in 神社

  • 神gods; mindOnシン・ジンKunかみ・かん-・こう-
  • 社company; shrineOnシャKunやしろ

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