Word Meaning 遷宮

せんぐう senguu

遷宮 is read as せんぐう (senguu) and means installation of a deity in a new shrine.

Meaning

English

installation of a deity in a new shrine
transfer of a shrine

Reading

Kana

せんぐう

Romaji

senguu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 22460 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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遷宮祭

せんぐうさい

transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)

式年遷宮

しきねんせんぐう

construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

式年遷宮祭

しきねんせんぐうさい

fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)

遷都

せんと

relocation of the capital

遷移関数

せんいかんすう

transfer function

遷移確率

せんいかくりつ

transition probability

遷移元素

せんいげんそ

transition element

遷車台

せんしゃだい

traverse table

内宮

ないぐう

Inner Ise Shrine

外宮

げぐう

outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine

迷宮

めいきゅう

dungeon

子宮

しきゅう

womb