Practice JLPTMeaning
祈願 (きがん, kigan) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “prayer”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
神社で 大学の 合格 祈願をしてきた
I prayed at the Shinto shrine for success in my university exams.
将軍足利義持の祈願所。
Place where Shogun Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA prayed.
私達は幸せを祈願します。
We make a prayer for happiness.
病平癒を祈願してのことか。
He may have done it to pray for recovery from illness.
そのため、僕は合格祈願をしました。
So, I prayed for my success in school.
私は学業成績が向上することを祈願しました。
I prayed that my academic grades would improve.
それは子供の成長を祈願するためのイベントである。
That's an event held to pray for children's growth.
それは子供の成長を祈願して行われるイベントである。
That's an event held to pray for children's growth.
そして何らかの祈願を行い、祈願が叶うと目を書き入れるという習慣がある。
Traditionally, the purchaser paints in one eye, making some special wish, and when the wish is fulfilled, paints in the other eye.
頼政が鵺退治の前にここで祈願し、見事退治した礼といって矢尻を奉納したという。
It is said that Yorimasa prayed here before killing the Nue, and devoted the arrowhead there as token of his thanks for his successful killing of it.
森林組合などではこの日に祈願祭や忘年会、新年会を催すなど、祭の日の名残りが見られる。
Remains of the religious festival can be found on the day when forestry cooperatives hold a festival of worship, a year-end party, or a new-year party.
狩衣は小祭（月ごとに行われる恒例祭）、恒例式（大祓）の他、地鎮祭、各種祈願祭等、その他の神事に着用する。
Kariginu are worn for small-scale festivals (monthly kanreisai), for kanreishiki (annual ceremonies like Oharae, the "Great Purification"), as well as for ground-breaking ceremonies, festivals of supplicatory prayer and other Shinto rituals.