祢: ancestral shrine

ancestral shrine; used in names

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Readings

ネ・デイ・ナイ

Kun

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Mostly a name kanji read ね, as in 美祢 (Mine city) and 琴祢 (Kotone); 祢宜 is a Shinto priest.

祢宜ねぎShinto priest

美祢みねMine (city in Yamaguchi)

琴祢ことねgiven name (Kotone)

神社じんじゃの祢宜ねぎが、朝あさ早はやくから境内けいだいを掃はいていた。

The Shinto priest had been sweeping the shrine grounds since early morning.

山口やまぐち県けんの美祢みねには、大おおきな鍾乳洞しょうにゅうどうがあります。

In Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, there is a large limestone cave.

琴ことの音おとのように優やさしい子こに育そだってほしくて、娘むすめを琴祢ことねと名なづけた。

Hoping she would grow up as gentle as the sound of a koto, I named my daughter Kotone.