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参拝

さんぱい

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple)
2visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)

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Kanji in this word

参Nonplussed, Three (in Documents), Going8 strokes 拝Worship, Adore, Pray To8 strokes

More words with 参

参院さんいん · House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)参加さんか · participationN3 参考さんこう · referenceN3 参議院さんぎいん · House of CouncilorsN1 参加者さんかしゃ · participant

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参入

さんにゅう · entering (the marketplace)

参照さんしょう · referenceN1

参政権さんせいけん · suffrage

More words with 拝

崇拝すうはい · worshipN1 礼拝れいはい · worship (esp. Christian)拝見はいけん · seeing 拝見はいけんする · (humble) (polite) seeingN4 拝啓はいけい · -- a formal greeting used at the beginning of a letter --N1 拝むおがむ · to worshipN2 拝借はいしゃく · (humble) (polite) borrowingN1