参道

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 4
どう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
參道 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(さん)(どう) (sandōさんだう (sandau)?

  1. path leading to a shrine or temple
    • 1944, 下村湖人, 次郎物語 第三部, 青空文庫:
      (かれ)は、なぜということもなしに、自分(じぶん)(すず)()らしてみたい()になり、石燈籠(いしどうろう)(ちか)くから参道(さんどう)石畳(いしだたみ)をふんで、拝殿(はいでん)のまえに(すす)んだ。
      Kare wa, naze to iu koto mo nashi ni, jibun mo suzu o narashite mitai ki ni nari, ishidōrō no chikaku kara sandō no ishidatami o funde, haiden no mae ni susunda.
      For no particular reason, he felt the urge to ring the bells himself, so he proceeded from the vicinity of a stone lantern toward the front of the hall of worship, treading the cobblestones on the path to the shrine.