神棚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	棚
かみ Grade: 3	たな > だな Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 神 (kami, “god, deity, spirit”) +‎ 棚 (tana, “shelf”).^[1]^[2]

The tana changes to dana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かみだな [kàmídáná] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲida̠na̠]

Noun

神(かみ)棚(だな) • (kamidana)

(Shinto) a household Shinto altar, consisting primarily of a shelf where the household may place any charms or other shrine items

Coordinate terms

霊(たま)屋(や) (tamaya, “shrine dedicated to a specific individual”)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN