Word Meaning 神幸

しんこう shinkou

神幸 is read as しんこう (shinkou) and means transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony.

Meaning

English

transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony

Reading

Kana

しんこう

Romaji

shinkou

Writing Variants

神幸じんこう jinkou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 137373 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神幸祭

しんこうさい

festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine

幸運の女神

こううんのめがみ

Lady Luck

幸運の女神は前髪しかない

こううんのめがみはまえがみしかない

opportunity has hair in front, but behind she is bald

神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神道

しんどう

Shinto

神主

かむぬし

Shinto priest

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

神事

しんじ

Shinto ritual

神業

かみわざ

Shinto ritual

神木

かみき

sacred tree

神経

しんけい

nerve

神話

しんわ

myth