Vocab Info

N2 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

(まい)worship, shrine visit

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    1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.), worship

    All Forms

    お参り 【おまいり】

    Details

    • Pitch Accent

    • Anime Top 12,500

    Examples

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      正月(しょうがつ)(あいだ)に、神社(じんじゃ)やお(てら)(まい)をしに()きましょう。

      Let's go to visit shrines and temples during the New Year's holiday.

      • N2

      神社(じんじゃ)での(まい)で、お賽銭(さいせん)(ばこ)(じゅう)(えん)(だま)()(まい)()()れました。

      At the shrine visit, I threw two ten-yen coins into the offertory box.

      • N2

      大晦日(おおみそか)(よる)になると、神社(じんじゃ)やお(てら)年越(としこ)しの(まい)をする(ひと)(あふ)れる。

      On the night of New Year's Eve, shrines and temples are filled with who come to pay their year-end visits.

      • N2

      (まい)神様(かみさま)にお(ねが)(ごと)をした(こと)契機(けいき)に、(ぼく)(うん)()いてきました。

      Since the time when I made a wish to God during a shrine visit, fortune has begun to favor me.

      • N2

      (むすめ)(なな)(さい)のお(いわ)いには、(おっと)義理(ぎり)家族(かぞく)神社(じんじゃ)(まい)をする(こと)になっています。

      To celebrate my daughter's seventh birthday, I am planning to visit a shrine with my husband and in-laws.

      • N2
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