単語表の六 日本人と宗教

Question 1

宗教

Answer 1

しゅうきょう

Religion

Question 2

苦しい

Answer 2

くるしい

Hard; difficult

Question 3

神頼み

Answer 3

かみだのみ

Praying to God for help

する

Question 4

仏（様）

Answer 4

ほとけ（さま）

Buddha

Question 5

一生懸命（な）

Answer 5

いっしょうけんめい

Very hard; utmost effort

Question 6

神棚

Answer 6

かみだな

Household Shinto alter

Question 7

仏壇

Answer 7

ぶつだん

Family Buddhist altar

Question 8

朝晩

Answer 8

あさばん

Morning and evening

Question 9

（〜に）祈る

Answer 9

いのる

To pray; to wish

お祈りをする

To pray

Question 10

神道

Answer 10

しんとう

Shinto

Question 11

仏教

Answer 11

ぶっきょう

Buddhism

Question 12

共に

Answer 12

ともに

Both

Question 13

一神教

Answer 13

いっしんきょう

Monotheism

Question 14

同時に

Answer 14

どうじに

At the same time

Question 15

（〜を）祭る

Answer 15

まつる

To deify; enshrine

Question 16

不思議（な）

Answer 16

ふしぎ

Wonderful; strange; mysterious

Question 17

初詣

Answer 17

はつもうで

One’s first visit to the shrine in the New Year

Question 18

神社

Answer 18

じんじゃ

shrine

Question 19

お参り

Answer 19

おまいり

Visiting a person’s grave; shrine etc

Question 20

お守り

Answer 20

おまもり

Goodーluck charm

Question 21

お札

Answer 21

おふだ

Talisman issued at a Shinto shrine

Question 22

（〜に、を）つける

Answer 22

To attach; put something on

Question 23

不幸

Answer 23

ふこう

Bad luck, unhappiness

Question 24

（〜が）起きる

Answer 24

おきる

To happen; take place; get up

Question 25

幸福

Answer 25

こうふく

Happiness

Question 26

（を、と）願う

Answer 26

ねがう

To hope

Question 27

節分

Answer 27

せつぶん

The day before the first day of spring

Question 28

豆

Answer 28

まめ

Parched beans

Question 29

（を）まく

Answer 29

To cast; scatter

Question 30

（お）彼岸

Answer 30

（お）ひがん

The equinotical week

Question 31

お盆

Answer 31

おぼん

Festival of the Dead

Question 32

先祖

Answer 32

せんぞ

Ancestor

Question 33

（を）敬う

Answer 33

うやまう

To respect; honour

Question 34

お墓

Answer 34

おはか

grave

Question 35

信者

Answer 35

しんじゃ

Believers

Question 36

（を）飾る

Answer 36

かざる

To decorate

Question 37

交換

Answer 37

こうかん

exchange

する

Question 38

（を）祝う

Answer 38

いわう

To celebrate; congratulate

Question 39

式

Answer 39

しき

Ceremony

Question 40

〜式

Answer 40

しき

Style

Question 41

お葬式

Answer 41

おそうしき

Funeral

Question 42

お墓に入る

Answer 42

おはかにはいる

To be buried (in a grave)

Question 43

存在

Answer 43

そんざい

Existence; being

Question 44

多神教

Answer 44

たしんきょう

Polytheism

Question 45

神々

Answer 45

かみがみ

Gods

Question 46

神話

Answer 46

しんわ

Myth; mythlogy

Question 47

受験

Answer 47

じゅけん

Taking an entrance exam

する

Question 48

縁結び

Answer 48

えんむすび

Matchmaking

Question 49

（が）現れる

Answer 49

あらわれる

To appear; emerge

Question 50

あらゆる

Answer 50

All; every（possible）

Question 51

意識

Answer 51

いしき

Consciousness; awareness

Question 52

受け入れる

Answer 52

うけいれる

To accept

Question 53

（が）生きる

Answer 53

いきる

To live; exist

Question 54

一部

Answer 54

いちぶ

Part of something

Question 55

調査

Answer 55

ちょうさ

Investigation; survey

Question 56

熱心（な）

Answer 56

ねっしん

Devoted; enthusiastic

Question 57

国民

Answer 57

こくみん

Citizens

Question 58

ギリシャ神話

Answer 58

Greek Mythology

Question 59

大昔

Answer 59

おおむかし

Ancient times

Question 60

偉い

Answer 60

えらい

Great; admirable; respectable person in high places

Question 61

太陽

Answer 61

たいよう

Sun

Question 62

（を）治める

Answer 62

おさめる

To rule a country

Question 63

乱暴（な）

Answer 63

らんぼう

Violent; rough; rude

Question 64

侍女

Answer 64

じじょ

Maid; lady attendent

Question 65

殺す

Answer 65

ころす

To kill

Question 66

岩

Answer 66

いわ

Rock

Question 67

（に）隠れる

Answer 67

かくれる

To hide oneself; be hidden

Question 68

急（な）

Answer 68

きゅう

Sudden

Question 69

大騒ぎ

Answer 69

おおさわぎ

Making great noise

Question 70

力持ち

Answer 70

ちからもち

Musclemen; strong person

Question 71

日食

Answer 71

にっしょく

Solar eclipse

Question 72

親しみやすい

Answer 72

したしみやすい

Approachable (person /things)

Question 73

（を）訪れる

Answer 73

おとずれる

To visit; call (on a person, at a place)

Question 74

世紀

Answer 74

せいき

Century