参 拝 者(さんぱいしゃ)

さんぱいしゃ

noun

worshipper; shrine or temple visitor

1. worshipper; shrine or temple visitor

A person who visits a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple to pray or pay their respects.

参拝者(さんぱいしゃ)が列(れつ)を作(つく)っていた。

Worshippers were forming a line.

正月(しょうがつ)は参拝者(さんぱいしゃ)が大勢(おおぜい)訪(おとず)れる。

Many worshippers visit during New Year's.

この神社(じんじゃ)は年間(ねんかん)百万人(ひゃくまんにん)の参拝者(さんぱいしゃ)を集(あつ)める有名(ゆうめい)な場所(ばしょ)だ。

This shrine is a famous place that attracts one million visitors a year.

Specifically refers to visitors at religious sites (shrines and temples), not general tourists or sightseers.

Common collocations

初詣(はつもうで)の参拝者(さんぱいしゃ): New Year's shrine visitors
参拝者(さんぱいしゃ)数(すう): number of worshippers
参拝者(さんぱいしゃ)用(よう)の駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう): parking lot for worshippers
参拝者(さんぱいしゃ)が増(ふ)える: the number of visitors increases

Related words

参拝(さんぱい)する: to worship, to visit a shrine/temple
参拝(さんぱい)客(きゃく): shrine/temple visitors (synonym, using 客(きゃく) instead of 者(しゃ))
参詣(さんけい): visiting a shrine or temple — more literary
初詣(はつもうで): first shrine visit of the new year

Forms

参拝(さんぱい) (worship, paying respects at a shrine) + 者(しゃ) (person).

Related Words

Related: 参拝(さんぱい)する (to worship, to visit a shrine/temple)

Related: 初詣(はつもうで) (first shrine visit of the new year)

Compare: 来訪(らいほう)者(しゃ) (visitor)

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