Illustration: In the courtyard of a small neighborhood Shinto shrine, an adult stands before the offering box with palms together after clapping, head respectfully lowered. A child beside them carefully copies the posture, squeezing their eyes shut with exaggerated concentration.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

参さん拝ぱい

sanpai

to visit a shrine or temple to worship

Example sentences

  1. 元日がんじつに神社じんじゃへ参拝さんぱいする日本人にっぽんじんは多おおい。

    On New Year’s Day many Japanese go to the shrine to worship.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 以下いかは一般的いっぱんてきな参拝さんぱいの流ながれである。

    The following briefly describes the common steps and manners with respect to visiting Shinto shrines in Japan.

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

  3. 参拝さんぱいは午前ごぜん7時半じはんから受うけ付つけている。

    Visiting the temple to pray is allowed after 7:30am.

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

Kanji in 参拝

  • 参nonplussed; three (in documents)Onサン・シンKunまいる・まい-・まじわる
  • 拝worship; adoreOnハイKunおがむ・おろがむ

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