noun

  1. construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
式年遷宮 しきねんせんぐう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

style, ceremony, rite
シキ のり (3rd, N3)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
year, counter for years
とし ネン ね (1st, N5)
transition, move, change
セン うつ.る みやこがえ (9th, N1)
to soar as a bird, to move, to change
transition(遷) variant
variant of radical 146
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
み シ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)
walking radical(⻌) variant
しんにょう
Shinto shrine, constellations, palace
みや キュウ グウ (3rd, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
spine, backbone
ロ リョ せぼね (11th, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)