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祈り

いのり

prayer; supplication

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Examples

  1. 彼女はひざまずいて神に祈りをささげた。

    かのじょはひざまずいてかみにいのりをささげた。

    She knelt and offered up a prayer to God.

  2. 平和への祈りを込めて鶴を折る。

    へいわへのいのりをこめてつるをおる。

    We fold paper cranes with a prayer for peace.

  3. 被災地の人々に祈りを捧げたいと思います。

    ひさいちのひとびとにいのりをささげたいとおもいます。

    I would like to offer a prayer for the people in the disaster area.

Common patterns

祈りを捧げる
to offer a prayer
祈りを込める
to put a prayer into something
祈りが通じる
one's prayer is heard

Memory tip

The noun of 祈る, and 捧げる is its fixed verb. お祈り is the everyday form; a 願い is a wish you simply hold, while a 祈り is addressed to something higher than yourself.

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