Word details
お宮参り
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word お宮参り.
Dictionary
Entry
1
miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born)
2
visiting a shrine
Examples
お宮参りで訪れた大西幸治さん(40)、由希恵さん(34)夫妻は「子どもが健やかに育つことを祈りました」と話していた。
The couple who came on a shrine visit, Kouji Oonishi (40) and his wife Yukie (34) said, "We prayed that our child would grow up healthily."
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
宮
Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
10 strokesFrequency 367JLPT N1Grade 3
On
キュウグウククウ
Kun
みや
Nanori
ぐみ
参
nonplussed, three (in documents), going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love, participate, take part in
8 strokesFrequency 201JLPT N2Grade 4
On
サンシン
Kun
まい.るまい-まじわるみつ
Nanori
み
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