Word Meaning 靖国神社

やすくにじんじゃ yasukunijinja

靖国神社 is read as やすくにじんじゃ (yasukunijinja) and means Yasukuni Shrine.

Meaning

English

  1. Yasukuni Shrine

Reading

Kana

やすくにじんじゃ

Romaji

yasukunijinja

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Rank 24668 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

護国神社

ごこくじんじゃ

shrine honoring war dead

靖国

せいこく

pacifying the nation

靖国

やすくに

Yasukuni (Shrine)

国策会社

こくさくかいしゃ

government-controlled corporation

日本国内航空株式会社

にっぽんこくないこうくうかぶしきがいしゃ

Japan Domestic Airlines

関西国際空港株式会社

かんさいこくさいくうこうかぶしきがいしゃ

Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.

神戸電鉄株式会社

こうべでんてつかぶしきがいしゃ

Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

神明社

しんめいしゃ

(post-Heian) shrine dedicated to Amaterasu

名神大社

みょうじんたいしゃ

shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank

一国社会主義

いっこくしゃかいしゅぎ

one-state socialism (Stalinist theory)

人民社会主義共和国

じんみんしゃかいしゅぎきょうわこく

people's socialist republic

国民社会主義

こくみんしゃかいしゅぎ

Nazism

Example Sentences

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The question of worshipping at the Yasukuni Shrine is left to the independent judgement of Cabinet ministers.

Prime Minister Koizumi said, "There are people who say that, because it's unconstitutional, I should not pray at the Yasukuni Shrine".

Such things as the textbook controversy, lack of recognition of historical events, and the prime minister's worshipping at the Yasukuni Shrine have caused discord with China.