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靖国神社

Jìng guó Shén shè

4-character word Traditional 靖國神社

What 靖国神社 means

1. Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals

The characters in 靖国神社

• 靖jìng(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
• 国guócountry; nation; state; (bound form) national
• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 社shè(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land

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