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拝む

おがむ

to worship, to press one's hands together in prayer; to beg; to get a look at

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Examples

  1. お寺で手を合わせて拝んだ。

    おてらでてをあわせておがんだ。

    I put my hands together and prayed at the temple.

  2. 祖母は毎朝、仏壇を拝みます。

    そぼはまいあさ、ぶつだんをおがみます。

    My grandmother prays at the family altar every morning.

  3. 山の上で初日の出を拝むのが我が家の習慣だ。

    やまのうえではつひのでをおがむのがわがやのしゅうかんだ。

    It's our family custom to greet the first sunrise of the year from the mountaintop.

Common patterns

手を合わせて拝む
to press one's palms together and pray
初日の出を拝む
to view the first sunrise of the year
神様を拝む
to worship a deity

Memory tip

拝む is the physical gesture — palms together, a bow — while 祈る is the inner act of praying. Said of something rare or splendid it jokingly means 'to be granted the sight of'.

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