Illustration: In a family-run Japanese workshop, a carefully maintained household shrine rests on a high wooden shelf above the everyday work area. Its miniature doors frame a small sacred mirror, with vessels of water and rice arranged before it and sakaki branches at either side.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

祀まつる

matsuru

to enshrine

Used especially for deities and the spirits of the dead. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. この記念碑きねんひは祖国そこくに命いのちを捧ささげた兵士へいしを祭まつっている。

    This monument is dedicated to the soldiers who gave their lives to their country.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 不動明王ふどうみょうおうを祀まつっている。

    It enshrines Fudo Myoo.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. そのために死しんだ者ものを祀まつる。

    Therefore, we enshrine the dead.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 祀

  • 祀enshrine; worshipOnシKunまつる・まつり

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