供え|そなえsonae[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounoffering

• Synonym進上しんじょうFormalFormal: humbly presenting something to a superior; rare in everyday use.
• Related贈り物おくりものNeutralAn ordinary gift from one person to another; 「供え」 is reserved for offerings to gods, Buddhas, or the dead.
• RelatedプレゼントNeutralLoanword for a gift and the most common choice in speech; it carries none of the religious sense of offering that 「供え」 has.
• Related贈呈ぞうていFormalFormal presenting of gifts or prizes, most typically at award ceremonies, as in 「記念品を贈呈」.
• Related贈与ぞうよWrittenWritten/legal word for transferring property as a gift, as in 「贈与税」; no ritual or offering sense.
• Related贈答ぞうとうNeutralThe exchange of gifts between parties, giving in return, as in 「贈答品」; 「供え」 is a one-way offering, not an exchange.
• Related与えあたえNeutralWritten word for something received or luckily gained, with a nuance of a blessing bestowed; it is not an offering like 「供え」.
• Related奉呈ほうていFormalFormal, reverent presenting, as in 「国書を奉呈」; typically to monarchs or dignitaries, and also to gods and Buddhas. 「供え」 is the everyday word for offerings.
• Related恵与けいよFormalFormal, mostly honorific: someone graciously giving you something, as in 「ご恵与ください」; very rare.

Gifts between people are 「贈り物」 or, in speech, 「プレゼント」. 「供え」/「お供え物」 are for offerings to gods, Buddhas, or ancestors, as in 「仏壇にお供えする」「鏡餅のお供え」. Ceremonial presentation is 「贈呈」; formal presenting to superiors is 「進上」 or 「奉呈」; legal gifting is 「贈与」; mutual exchange is 「贈答」.

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1. 神仏しんぶつに金品きんぴんを捧ささげること。