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nonplussed
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingサン、シン
Kun readingまい.る、まい-、まじわる、みつ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. nonplussed
  2. three (in documents)
  3. going
  4. coming
  5. visiting
    お参りをするときは線香は立てず、榊・米・塩・水・酒等を供える。When visiting a grave, you are required to offer not incense but Sakaki, rice, salt, water, sake, and so on.wiki
  6. visitRtK
    その後亡夫の供養のため信州の善光寺に参る。Then she visited Zenko-ji Temple in Shinshu to hold a memorial service for her deceased husband.wiki
  7. be defeated
  8. die
  1. to go
  2. to come
  3. to call
  4. to be defeated
  5. to collapse

Popular Usage

参る参加参考持参お参り

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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nonplussed · elbow · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · shape

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1856

Compound words

参るまいる
to go; to come; to call; to be defeated; to collapse
参加さんか
participation; joining; entry
参考さんこう
reference; consultation
持参じさん
bringing; taking; carrying
お参りおまいり
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
参加するさんかする
to participate
参照するさんしょうする
to refer
古参こさん
senior; veteran; old-timer
降参こうさん
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up
参院さんいん
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
参画さんかく
taking part (in planning); participation
参観さんかん
visit; inspection
参事さんじ
secretary; councillor; councilor
参照さんしょう
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
参戦さんせん
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
参道さんどう
road approaching a shrine
参入さんにゅう
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
参拝さんぱい
going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple); visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)
参謀さんぼう
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
参与さんよ
participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser
参列さんれつ
attendance; participation; presence
人参にんじん
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
参加者さんかしゃ
participant; entrant; player; competitor
参議院さんぎいん
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

Additional Examples

彼は風邪のためマラソン参加をあきらめました。
He gave up taking part in the marathon on account of his cold.tatoeba
彼は病気のために参加できなかった。
He couldn't join us because he was ill.tatoeba
彼は討議に参加することが出来なかった。
He was not able to join in the discussion.tatoeba
彼は色々な心配事で参っている。
He is weighted down with various cares.tatoeba
11月18日、近仕を務める東重胤が鎌倉に参る。
On December 26, his close aide Shigetane TO came to Kamakura.wiki
参考：江戸の火事
See Fire in Edo.wiki
宇治山田陵墓参考地
Ujiyamada mausoleum reference sitewiki
お参りの方式も献花や焼香と特に決まりは無く、自由度が高いがその分
There are no specific rules such as Kenka and Shoko in the form of worship so it is flexible.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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