Word Meaning 参拝

さんぱい sampai

参拝 is read as さんぱい (sampai) and means going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple).

Meaning

English

  1. going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple)
  2. visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)

Reading

Kana

さんぱい

Romaji

sampai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 14425 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

参拝客

さんぱいきゃく

visitor (to a shrine or temple)

参拝者

さんぱいしゃ

worshipper

公式参拝

こうしきさんぱい

official visit to a shrine (or temple)

参照

さんしょう

browsing (to a file or folder)

参政党

さんせいとう

Sanseito (political party)

参院予算委員会

さんいんよさんいいんかい

Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet

参院予算委

さんいんよさんい

Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet

参加可能

さんかかのう

possibility of participation

参加賞

さんかしょう

participation award

参加型

さんかがた

participatory

参照関係

さんしょうかんけい

reference relationship

参照先

さんしょうさき

referent

Example Sentences

4

さんぱいきゃくがあさはやくからもんのまえにならんでいた。

Worshippers had been lining up in front of the gate since early morning.

The question of worshipping at the Yasukuni Shrine is left to the independent judgement of Cabinet ministers.

Prime Minister Koizumi said, "There are people who say that, because it's unconstitutional, I should not pray at the Yasukuni Shrine".

Such things as the textbook controversy, lack of recognition of historical events, and the prime minister's worshipping at the Yasukuni Shrine have caused discord with China.