【がん】

Frequency rank: – (for form がん: 19,746. – 19,842.)
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  1. niche or alcove for an image
  2. (in Okinawa) portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard
Forms
  • 【がん】
  • がんFrequency rank: 19,746. – 19,842.
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. niche or alcove for an image
    2. This meaning refers to a small recess or space in a wall designed to hold a decorative object, such as a statue or religious image.
    A niche was created in the wall to display a Buddhist statue.
    Beautiful carvings are housed in the alcove.
  2. portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard (in Okinawa)
    3. This meaning refers specifically to a type of shrine used during funerary practices, particularly in Okinawan culture, to transport the deceased.
    In Okinawa, there is a custom of placing the deceased in a portable shrine for transport.
    The portable shrine plays an important role in guiding the spirit to the cemetery.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to place an image in a nicheto enshrine a Buddha statue in a nichefamily shrineportable shrineto enshrine in a nicheto build a nicheinside the nichetraditional alcovesmall alcoveto decorate a nicheOkinawan portable shrine
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