JinmeiyōPre-Level 1
祢

Meaning

Kanji 祢

ancestral shrine

ancestral shrine

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
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Onyomi 音読み
デイナイネ
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 禰 (Formal)

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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
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Related vocabulary

1 common entries

Showing 1 of 1 entries that include this kanji.

禰宜

ねぎ

senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

祖父の家には古い祢がある。

There is an old ancestral shrine in my grandfather's house.

家族で祢に手を合わせた。

Our family prayed at the ancestral shrine.

その祢は代々受け継がれてきた。

That ancestral shrine has been passed down through generations.

村の祢は祭りの日だけ開かれる。

The village ancestral shrine is opened only on festival days.

彼は祢の前で静かに頭を下げた。

He quietly bowed his head in front of the ancestral shrine.