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神社

shén shè

2-character word

What 神社 means

1. (historical) shrine or altar for sacrifices to local or ancestral deities (in ancient China)
2. Shinto shrine

The characters in 神社

• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 社shè(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land

Example sentences

• 京都有许多神社。
  Jīngdū yǒu xǔduō shénshè.
  There are many shrines in Kyoto.
• 很多日本人都会在元旦到神社参拜。
  Hěn duō Rìběnrén dōu huì zài Yuándàn dào shénshè cānbài.
  On New Year's Day many Japanese go to the shrine to worship.
• 很多日本人都会在元旦到神社叁拜。
  On New Year's Day many Japanese go to the shrine to worship.

Words containing 神社

• 严岛神社Yán dǎo Shén shèItsukushima Shrine (Shinto shrine in Hiroshima, Japan)
• 靖国神社Jìng guó Shén shèYasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial…