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 TERMS:

  • 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

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

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