二に礼れい二に拍はく手しゅ一いち礼れい

expression

two bows, two claps, and a third bow

The standard sequence of actions when praying at a Shinto shrine: bow twice, clap twice, then bow once more. Used as a set phrase describing the ritual.

• 神じん社じゃでは二に礼れい二に拍はく手しゅ一いち礼れいの作さ法ほうでお参まいりします。

  At a shrine, we worship with the ritual of two bows, two claps, and a third bow.