Word Meaning 初宮参り

はつみやまいり hatsumiyamairi

初宮参り is read as はつみやまいり (hatsumiyamairi) and means first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old).

Meaning

English

first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)

Reading

Kana

はつみやまいり

Romaji

hatsumiyamairi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 27376 Priority E

Related Vocabulary

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宮参り

みやまいり

visiting a shrine

お宮参り

おみやまいり

visiting a shrine

初参

ういざん

meeting one's master for the first time (of a new servant)

初参

しょさん

visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time

初参

はつまいり

first shrine visit of the New Year

参宮

さんぐう

pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)

伊勢参宮

いせさんぐう

Ise pilgrimage

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)

初滑り

はつすべり

first ski of the season

初売り

はつうり

first business conducted by retailers in the New Year

初生り

はつなり

first fruits

初せり

はつせり

first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)