Word Meaning 禰宜

ねぎ negi

禰宜 is read as ねぎ (negi) and means senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest).

Meaning

English

  1. senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest)
  2. grasshopper
  3. locust

Reading

Kana

ねぎ

Romaji

negi

Writing Variants

  • 祢宜 ねぎ negi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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権禰宜

ごんねぎ

junior priest

便宜

びんぎ

convenience

適宜

てきぎ

appropriately

時宜

じぎ

right time

事宜

じぎ

fitting thing

高宜

こうぎ

(your) kindness

機宜

きぎ

opportuneness

交宜

こうぎ

friendship

権宜

けんぎ

opportuneness

宜しく

よろしく

by all means

宜しい

よろしい

good

起訴便宜主義

きそべんぎしゅぎ

principle of discretionary prosecution (the right of a public prosecutor to exercise discretion in cancelling prosecution)

Example Sentences

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ねぎがのりとをそうじょうした。

The Shinto priest recited a formal prayer.

かれはそのじんじゃのねぎをつとめている。

He serves as a Shinto priest at that shrine.

ねぎのあんないでけいだいがあるいた。

I walked through the shrine grounds with the priest's guidance.

かれはわかくしてねぎになった。

He became a Shinto priest at a young age.

そのじんじゃにはふたりのねぎがいる。

There are two Shinto priests at that shrine.