Japanese Jouyou-kanji “参” means “Refer”, “Worship” or “Visit a shrine” etc.
Words |
Meanings |
参加(さんか-sa n ka) |
Participation, Entry, Joining |
参賀(さんが-sa n ga) |
Congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace |
参会(さんかい-sa n ka i) |
Attendance, Attending |
参画(さんかく-sa n ka ku) |
Participation, Taking part in planning |
参看(さんかん-sa n ka n) |
① Comparison, Reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes), consultation, ② Visit, Inspection |
参観(さんかん-sa n ka n) |
① Visiting the place and observing, ② Review, Inspection, Checking by comparing |
参議(さんぎ-sa n gi) |
① Participation in government, ② State councilor (in Ritsuryo System), ③ Vice-minister (early Meiji period), ④ Cabinet Councilor |
参議院(さんぎいん-sa n gi i n) |
House of Councilors, Upper house of the National Diet of Japan |
参勤交代(さんきんこうたい) |
Official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period), Daimyo’s alternating Edo residence |
参宮(さんぐう-sa n gu u) |
Pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine) |
参詣(さんけい-sa n ke i) |
Visiting shrines or temples, Pilgrimage |
参考(さんこう-sa n ko u) |
Reference, Consultation |
参考書(さんこうしょ-sa n ko u sho) |
Reference book, Study‐aid book |
参候(さんこう-sa n ko u) |
Paying one’s respects |
参酌(さんしゃく-sa n sha ku) |
Comparison and choosing the good, Consultation, Referring to |
参集(さんしゅう-sa n shu u) |
Assembling of people, Meeting |
参照(さんしょう-sa n sho u) |
Reference, Consultation |
参上(さんじょう-sa n jo u) |
Visit, Go to see, Come to see |
参乗(さんじょう-sa n jo u) |
① Soldiers riding in a carriage for guarding, ② To ride with someone |
参政(さんせい-sa n se i) |
Participation in politics, Suffrage, Voting |
参政権(さんせいけん-sa n se i ke n) |
Right to vote, Suffrage, Vote, Right of participation in the government, Political rights |
参戦(さんせん-sa n se n) |
① Participation in a war, Going to war, ② Taking part in a competition or contest |
参禅(さんぜん-sa n ze n) |
Zen meditation, Meditative consultation with the head abbot |
参内(さんだい-sa n da i) |
① To serve at the Imperial Court, ② To visit the Imperial Palace |
参朝(さんちょう-sa n cho u) |
① To serve at the Imperial Court, ② To visit the Imperial Palace |
参道(さんどう-sa n do u) |
Road approaching a shrine or a temple |
参堂(さんどう-sa n do u) |
Visiting a shrine |
参拝(さんぱい-sa n pa i) |
Going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple), Visit to a shrine, Pilgrimage |
参謀(さんぼう-sa n bo u) |
① Staff officer, Military staff, ② Adviser, Counselor |
参与(さんよ-sa n yo) |
① Participation, Taking part, ② Consultant, Councillor, Adviser |
参列(さんれつ-sa n re tsu) |
Attendance, Participation, Presence |
参籠(さんろう-sa n ro u) |
Remaining for days in a shrine or a temple to pray |
参差(しんし-shi n shi) |
Uneven, Uneven heights or lengths |
参商(しんしょう-shi n sho u) |
① The difficulty of reuniting people who have been separated, ② A parable for bad relation brothers |
帰参(きさん-ki sa n) |
① Returning, Coming back, ② Returning to the service of one’s master |
見参(げんざん-ge n za n) |
Seeing, Meeting |
降参(こうさん-ko u sa n) |
① Surrender, Submission, Capitulation, ② Being defeated (e.g. by a problem), Giving up, Giving in |
古参(こさん-ko sa n) |
Veteran, Seniority, Long service, Old stager, Old hand, Stager, Old-timer |
新参(しんざん-shi n za n) |
Newcomer, New hand, Green hand, Novice, Neophite |
推参(すいさん-su i sa n) |
Paying an unannounced visit, Rudeness, Discourtesy |
代参(だいさん-da i sa n) |
Visiting a temple/shrine for another, Visiting a shrine as proxy |
日参(にっさん-ni ssa n) |
① Daily visit to a temple or shrine (to worship), ② Visiting frequently; visiting daily |
百度参り(ひゃくどまいり-hya ku do ma i ri) |
① Hundred times worship, Walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time, ② Visiting a place repeatedly (to make a request) |
不参(ふさん-fu sa n) |
Absence, Nonattendance, Nonappearance |
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