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初詣はつもうで (hatsumoude)

first shrine visit of the new year

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Meaning

初詣 (はつもうで, hatsumoude) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “first shrine visit of the new year”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

近ちかくの神社じんじゃに初詣はつもうでに行いきました。

We paid a new year's visit to the nearby Shinto shrine.

私たちは初詣に行きます。

We are going to go on the first temple visit of the New Year.

元日がんじつには初詣はつもうでに行いきます。

I pay my first visit of the year to a shrine on New Year's Day.

私は初詣の時にそこを訪れました。

I visited there during New Year's.

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