Word Meaning 神宮

じんぐう jinguu

神宮 is read as じんぐう (jinguu) and means high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family.

Meaning

English

high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family
imperial Shinto shrine

Reading

Kana

じんぐう

Romaji

jinguu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 10041 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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神宮球場

じんぐうきゅうじょう

Jingu Stadium

神宮教

じんぐうきょう

Jingu-kyo (sect of Shinto, dissolved in 1899)

神宮寺

じんぐうじ

Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

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)

神宮外苑

じんぐうがいえん

outer gardens of Meiji Shrine

神宮暦

じんぐうれき

calendar distributed by the Ise shrine

明治神宮

めいじじんぐう

Meiji Shrine

豊受大神宮

とゆけだいじんぐう

Toyouke Shrine (the outer shrine of Ise Shrine)

太神宮

だいじんぐう

Grand Shrine at Ise

皇大神宮

こうたいじんぐう

Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)

伊勢大神宮

いせだいじんぐう

the Grand Shrines of Ise

伊勢神宮

いせじんぐう

Ise Grand Shrine

Example Sentences

伊勢神宮は有名な宮だ。

いせじんぐうはゆうめいなみやだ。

Ise Jingu is a famous shrine.

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