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A2 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
神宮high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family, imperial Shinto shrine
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high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family, imperial Shinto shrine
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Ise Grand Shrine
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神宮 【じんぐう】
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神宮には神が祭られています。
A deity is worshipped at the imperial Shinto shrine.
格式の高い神社を神宮と言うそうだ。
It's said that a high status Shinto shrine is referred to as an imperial Shinto shrine.
熱田神宮も平安神宮も明治神宮も神宮である。
Atsuta Shrine, Heian Shrine, and Meiji Shrine are all imperial Shinto shrines.
三重県伊勢市にある伊勢神宮のことを神宮と呼ぶことがあります。
The Ise Grand Shrine, located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, is sometimes referred to as an imperial Shinto shrine.
神宮はそうでない神社よりも社格が高いと聞いたが、どの程度違うのだろう?
I heard that an imperial Shinto shrine holds a higher status than other shrines that are not, but I wonder to what extent it's different?
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