Vocabulary

What does 神社 (じんじゃ, jinja) mean?

神社 (じんじゃ, jinja) means Shinto shrine.

Quick facts
Readingじんじゃ
Romajijinja
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
じんじゃ
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonjinja

Shinto shrine

  1. 1noun Shinto shrine

Example sentences

  • This shrine is old and famous.

  • I went to a shrine on Sunday.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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