Common Words by Reading

サン
70.8%
three
surrender ②being defeated (e.g. by a problem)
staff officer ②adviser
participation in a war ②taking part in a competition or contest
participation ②consultant
paying an unannounced visit
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes) ②browsing (to a file or folder)
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
to come ②to participate ③to perform Zen meditation
まい
まい-
28.6%
to go ②to be defeated ③to be annoyed ④to be madly in love
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.)
visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks ②settling scores
hundred times worship ②visiting a place repeatedly (to make a request)
cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
miyamairi ②visiting a shrine
miyamairi ②visiting a shrine
thanksgiving visit to a shrine
first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)
Ise pilgrimage ②Ise pilgrim
monthly (shrine or temple) visit
ritual visits to a temple
New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favorable) or lucky direction
pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)
early-morning visit to a temple or shrine
winter visit to a shrine
シン
0.6%
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
notoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng)
Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)
ginseng extract (used as a tonic)
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
type of yellow carrot grown in Okinawa
Okinawan dish of grated carrot stir-fried with egg and sometimes meat or fish
kintoki carrot (red variety originating in the Kyoto region)
parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)