Word Meaning 斎宮

さいぐう saiguu

斎宮 is read as さいぐう (saiguu) and means unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor.

Meaning

English

unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor

Reading

Kana

さいぐう

Romaji

saiguu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 96387 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

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神宮奉斎会

じんぐうほうさいかい

Ise Shrine Offering Association (secular organization formed from Jingu-kyo in 1899; dissolved in 1946)

斎場

さいじょう

ceremony site

斎日

さいじつ

fast day

斎行

さいこう

carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)

斎部

いみべ

Imbe clan (ancient Shinto priestly family)

斎言

いわいごと

congratulatory words

斎主

さいしゅ

master of religious ceremonies

斎院

さいいん

imperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise

斎食

さいじき

food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

斎屋

ゆや

building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

斎王

さいおう

unmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine or the Kamo Shrine in place of the Emperor

内宮

ないぐう

Inner Ise Shrine

Example Sentences

その神社には、斎宮のための静かな部屋が残っている。

そのじんじゃには、さいぐうのためのしずかなへやがのこっている。

At that shrine, a quiet room once used for sacred seclusion still remains.