１月１日は多くの日本人が神社にお参りする日です。

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English Translation

January 1st is the day when many Japanese go to shrines.

Furigana

１月(いちがつ)１日(にち)は多(おお)くの日本人(にっぽんじん)が神社(じんじゃ)にお参(まい)りする日(ひ)です。

Romanji

Ichigatsu ichi nichi wa ōku no nipponjin ga jinja ni omairisuru hi desu.

Words

一月 (いちがつ)

January

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

神社 (じんじゃ)

Shinto shrine

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

お参り (おまいり)

worship; shrine visit

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

です (です)

be; is