How to say "worship" in Japanese

• 礼拝れいはいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers religious worship in the Christian sense, and also the church service itself; the natural choice for attending Sunday worship or speaking of worship in a church context.
  朝あさの礼拝れいはいは１１時じに始はじまります。↗

  Morning worship begins at eleven o'clock.
• 崇拝すうはいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbWorship as adoration or deep reverence directed at a person, idol, or ideal rather than a religious rite; it also covers admiration, and can shade into excessive devotion, the sense of 'cult'.
  その部族ぶぞくは祖先そせんを崇拝すうはいしている。↗

  That tribe worships its ancestors.
• 拝礼はいれいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbRefers to the act of reverently bowing before a deity or sacred object, as at a shrine; it names the physical gesture of worship rather than worship in a general sense.
• 参詣さんけいCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbWorship in the sense of going to a holy place: a visit to a temple or shrine, or a pilgrimage. When English 'worship' means the journey or visit itself, this is the word.
• 礼賛らいさんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbPraise or glorification rather than religious worship; use it when 'worship' means extolling something in words, and note it can carry an uncritical, even ironic, tone of glorification.

Choose 礼拝 for Christian worship and church services, 崇拝 for adoring a person or object, 拝礼 for the act of reverent bowing, 参詣 for visiting a temple or shrine, and 礼賛 for praising or glorifying something.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 礼拝れいはいworship (esp. Christian)
• 崇拝すうはいworship
• 拝礼はいれいworship
• 参詣さんけいvisit to a temple or shrine
• 礼賛らいさんpraise
• お参りおまいりvisit (to a shrine, grave, etc.)
• 敬ううやまうto show respect for
• 礼拝らいはいworship
• 崇めるあがめるto revere
• 奉拝ほうはいworship
• 斎くいつくto worship
• 礼すらいすto worship
• ワーシップworship
• 拝はいbowing one's head (in respect or worship)
• 拝するはいするto bow
• 拝すはいすto bow
• 祭るまつるto pray
• 祭り上げるまつりあげるto hold sacred