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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

お参りする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

visit to a shrine/temple/grave; worship

Polite noun or suru-verb for paying a respectful visit to a Shinto shrine, Buddhist temple, or family grave, often for prayer or offering.

〈場ば所しょ〉にお参まいりするto visit (a shrine, temple, or grave) to pray
元がん旦たんに近ちかくの神じん社じゃにお参まいりした。
On New Year's Day I visited a nearby shrine to pray.
お墓はかにお参まいりするto visit and pay respects at a grave
お盆ぼんに祖そ父ふのお墓はかにお参まいりに行いった。
During Obon I went to visit my grandfather's grave.
〈人ひと〉とお参まいりに行いくto go visit a shrine/temple with someone
家か族ぞくと初はつ詣もうでのお参まいりに行いった。
I went with my family for the New Year's shrine visit.

参さん拝ぱい
参拝 is a formal, often written term for worshiping at a shrine or temple, while お参り is the everyday polite word for the same act.
参さん詣けい
参詣 is a slightly literary, old-fashioned term for visiting a shrine or temple to worship, whereas お参り is the common spoken equivalent.
墓はか参まいりN2
墓参り specifically means visiting a grave, while お参り is the broader term covering shrines, temples, and graves alike.

参まいりplain
参り is the plain, often suffixed form for a shrine/temple/grave visit, while お参り is the polite, everyday word used in ordinary conversation.

Polite prefix お + 参り (noun form of 参る, 'to go' humble), literally 'humble going', used for respectful visits to sacred places.