参拝|さんぱいsanpai[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgoing and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 参拝する（さんぱいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 参拝します（さんぱいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 参拝しない（さんぱいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 参拝しません（さんぱいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 参拝せず・参拝せぬ（さんぱいせず・さんぱいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 参拝した（さんぱいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 参拝しました（さんぱいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 参拝しなかった（さんぱいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 参拝しませんでした（さんぱいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 参拝して（さんぱいして） |
| Potential | 参拝できる（さんぱいできる） |
| Passive | 参拝される（さんぱいされる） |
| Causative | 参拝させる（さんぱいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 参拝させられる（さんぱいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 参拝すれば（さんぱいすれば） |
| tara | 参拝したら（さんぱいしたら） |
| Volitional | 参拝しよう（さんぱいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 参拝しましょう（さんぱいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 参拝しろ（さんぱいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonymお参りおまいりNeutralColloquial everyday word for visiting a shrine or temple to worship, or a grave, as in 「お墓参り」; 参拝 is more formal and refers specifically to shrines and temples.
- Synonym拝礼はいれいWrittenWritten word for the act of bowing in worship, as the 拝礼 in 「二礼二拍手一礼」; 参拝 stresses travelling to the shrine or temple to worship.
- Related礼拝れいはいNeutralWorship in general, but mostly Christian services, as in 「礼拝堂」; 参拝 is used only for visiting shrines and temples.
- Related崇拝すうはいNeutralWorship or adoration of a person or deity, as in 「英雄崇拝」; 参拝 is the act of going to a shrine or temple to worship.
- Related拝むおがむNeutralVerb for pressing one's palms together and bowing in prayer, also begging or humbly seeing someone; 参拝 means going to a shrine or temple to worship.
- Related敬ううやまうNeutralVerb for respecting or honouring people such as elders, as well as gods and Buddhas; 参拝 is the act of going to a shrine or temple.
- Related崇めるあがめるWrittenWritten verb for revering someone or something, even holding it up as a deity; 参拝 is the act of going to a shrine or temple.
- Related尊崇そんすうWrittenWritten word for deep reverence or veneration; 参拝 is the concrete act of visiting a shrine or temple to worship.
- Related奉拝ほうはいWrittenWritten word for worshipping reverently, seen most often as the characters 「奉拝」 on shrine and temple seals; 参拝 is far more common.
Use 「参拝」 for visiting a shrine or temple to worship, as in 「参拝客」; say 「お参り」 in casual speech, 「礼拝」 for Christian services, 「崇拝」 for worshipping a person or deity, and 「拝む」 for pressing your palms together and bowing.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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