参り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
参
まい Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 参る (mairu, “to visit”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) まいり [màíríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ma̠iɾʲi]

Noun

参り (hiragana まいり, rōmaji mairi, historical hiragana まゐり)

visiting a shrine or temple

Derived terms

Derived terms

裸参 (はだかまい)り (hadakamairi): visiting a shrine or temple naked in winter

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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