Jinja
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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There were heavy police and army patrols in the border town of Jinja, another AFP team said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
The couple went into his restaurant, Jinja Bar & Bistro, in the early 2000s, and ended up chatting with Lanham and the other owners, Lanham said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
On Tuesday, numerous pet owners led their charges up the steep steps to reach the Inuneko Jinja, or Dog-Cat Shrine, to pray and receive a blessing from a Shinto priest.
From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2023
On a recent weekend at Onoterusaki Jinja, a 9th century Tokyo shrine that is part of a broader Shinto history, people came and went, some praying or just sitting on benches.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Again, a Japanese book, compiled in the tenth century A.D., enumerates six shrines in the province of Izumo which were called Kara-kuni Itate Jinja, or shrine of Itakeru of Korea.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
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