合掌

がっしょう
pressing one's hands together in prayer

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がっしょう【合掌】

¶ → 合掌する

¶～造りの家

a house with a rafter roof.

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がっしょう【合掌】

〔両手を合わせること〕 putting the palms of one's hands together (in prayer); putting palm to palm.

～する put (the palms of) one's hands together; join one's hands in prayer.

●合掌して with (the palms of) one's hands together (in prayer)

・合掌して一礼する put (the palms of) one's hands together and make a bow

・仏前で静かに合掌する quietly put one's hands together in front of a Buddhist altar

・日本人には食前に[謝るときに]合掌する人がいる. When apologizing [Before taking a meal] some Japanese press their palms together.

合掌泳ぎ 〔和式泳法〕 a style of treading water, with the palms of the hands held together.

合掌造り 【建】 a traditional style of Japanese architecture with a thatched roof supported on steep-angled principal rafters.

●合掌造りの家 a house with a steep thatched rafter roof.

合掌ひねり 【相撲】 a clasped hand twist-down; a sumo throw in which a wrestler puts both hands around his opponent's neck and twists him down. [⇒すもう (さし絵)]