二に礼れい二に拍はく一いち礼れい

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two bows, two claps, and a third bow

Standard Shinto worship procedure at a shrine: bow twice, clap twice, then bow once more. Often used as a set phrase explaining proper shrine etiquette.

• 神じん社じゃでの参さん拝ぱい方ほう法ほうは二に礼れい二に拍はく一いち礼れいが基き本ほんです。

  The basic way to worship at a shrine is two bows, two claps, and a third bow.

• 初はつ詣もうででは、二に礼れい二に拍はく一いち礼れいの作さ法ほうでお参まいりしました。

  At the first shrine visit of the new year, I paid my respects with the two-bows-two-claps-one-bow ritual.