祈り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈
いの
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
祈り (kyūjitai)
祷り

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 祈(いの)る (inoru, “to pray”).

Pronunciation

Noun

祈(いの)り • (inori) 

  1. prayer (request to a deity)
  2. prayer (heartfelt wish)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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