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 78913 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

式年

しきねん

year in which an imperial memorial ceremony is held (the 3rd, 5th, 10th 20th, 50th and 100th years after death and every 100 years thereafter)

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)

年式

ねんしき

model year (of an automobile, etc.)

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

ないぐう

Inner Ise Shrine

外宮

げぐう

outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine