jinja

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English

Ise Shrine in Japan.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 神社 (じんじゃ, jinja), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 神社 (ʒin-dʒjǽ) (compare Mandarin 神社 (shénshè)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Chinese 神社 (*Cə.lin-mtʰaʔ "sacrificial altar", "shrine"), from 神 ("deity", "divine") + 社 ("Earth deity [and altar]").

Noun

jinja (plural jinjas or jinja)

  1. A Shinto place of worship.

Japanese

Romanization

jinja

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じんじゃ
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