Casual — to friend
Cultural · Religion
神棚にはお水とお米とお塩、それから榊をお供えするんだよ。 — On the household Shinto altar, we offer water, rice, salt, and sakaki branches. (Cultural · Religion, Casual — to friend, JLPT N3)
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神棚にはお水とお米とお塩、それから榊をお供えするんだよ。
かみだなにはおみずとおこめとおしお、それからさかきをおそなえするんだよ。
On the household Shinto altar, we offer water, rice, salt, and sakaki branches.
Romaji: Kamidana ni wa omizu to okome to oshio, sorekara sakaki wo osonae surun da yo. / Reply Romaji: Hee, sakaki tte nan no ki?
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へえ、榊って何の木？
へえ、さかきってなんのき？
Oh, what kind of tree is sakaki?
Gesture & etiquette
If demonstrating, gesture upward (kamidana is mounted high). Mime the 二拝二拍手一拝 (two bows, two claps, one bow) by quickly bringing palms together twice in front of chest. Speak with quiet, casual reverence—this is daily devotion, not solemn ritual.
Daily household offerings to the kamidana (Shinto family altar): water (お水), uncooked rice (お米), salt (お塩), and on special days, sake. Sakaki branches (an evergreen, sacred to Shinto) are replaced every 1st and 15th of the month. The altar is positioned high on a wall, facing south or east, with the family bowing twice, clapping twice, bowing once daily.