初宮参り
はつみやまいり
first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)
Word Meaning お宮参り
おみやまいり
omiyamairi
お宮参り is read as おみやまいり (omiyamairi) and means visiting a shrine.
Meaning
English
- visiting a shrine
- miyamairi
- newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born)
Reading
Kana
おみやまいり
Romaji
omiyamairi
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12抜け参宮
ぬけさんぐう
pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)
恵方参り
えほうまいり
New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction
牛にひかれて善光寺参り
うしにひかれてぜんこうじまいり
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of someone else
Example Sentences
3子供のお宮参りに行く。
こどものおみやまいりにいく。
Going for the child's first shrine visit.
お宮参りで訪れた夫妻は「子供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 said, "We prayed that our child would grow up healthy."
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."