Word Meaning 精霊棚

しょうりょうだな shouryoudana

精霊棚 is read as しょうりょうだな (shouryoudana) and means shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival.

Meaning

English

shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

Reading

Kana

しょうりょうだな

Romaji

shouryoudana

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 137062 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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精霊

しょうりょう

spirit of the deceased

精霊主義

せいれいしゅぎ

spiritism

精霊会

しょうりょうえ

Bon Festival

精霊流し

しょうりょうながし

floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased

精霊送り

しょうりょうおくり

sending off the spirits of the dead

精霊信仰

せいれいしんこう

animism

精霊

せいれい

spirit

精霊崇拝

せいれいすうはい

spiritism

精霊舟

しょうりょうぶね

straw boat for one's ancestral spirits to sail in

精霊飛蝗

しょうりょうばった

Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)

精霊飛蝗擬

しょうりょうばったもどき

Gonista bicolor (species of grasshopper resembling the Oriental longheaded locust)

新精霊

あらしょうりょう

spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death