Word Meaning 式年遷宮

しきねんせんぐう shikinensenguu

式年遷宮 is read as しきねんせんぐう (shikinensenguu) and means construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time.

Meaning

English

  1. construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

Reading

Kana

しきねんせんぐう

Romaji

shikinensenguu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 79736 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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式年遷宮祭

しきねんせんぐうさい

fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

遷宮

せんぐう

installation of a deity in a new shrine

宮川医療少年院

みやがわいりょうしょうねんいん

Miyagawairyō Reform School

遷宮祭

せんぐうさい

transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)

宮脇方式

みやわきほうしき

Miyawaki method (afforestation technique)

式典

しきてん

ceremony

式次第

しきしだい

program of a ceremony (programme)

式を挙げる

しきをあげる

to hold a ceremony

内宮

ないくう

Inner Ise Shrine

外宮

げくう

outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine

迷宮

めいきゅう

dungeon

子宮

しきゅう

womb