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神社

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

神社 — “shrine (Shinto)”

神社 (read じんじゃ) means shrine (Shinto). It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

じんじゃ

Meaning

shrine (Shinto)

神社 in a sentence

お正月しょうがつに神社じんじゃへお参りまいりします。

I visit the shrine at New Year's.

The kanji in 神社

神god, deity
社company; (Shinto) shrine

Words that share a kanji with 神社

神かみ— god, deity
神経しんけい— nerve; nerves, sensitivity
精神せいしん— mind, spirit, mentality
神様かみさま— god, deity
神話しんわ— myth, legend, mythology
会社かいしゃ— company, corporation
社会しゃかい— society, public
社長しゃちょう— company president

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