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皆さんこんばんは！

Been trying to translate bits and pieces of one of my short stories into
Japanese. Having decided that it would be fun to translate one of my more
Japanese themed ones.

One problem I've encountered is this, my story is a fantasy tale in which a
Greek-like pantheon of gods are worshipped at shrines, however I've been
having trouble in picking a word to describe said shrines with, as Japanese
has a lot, and a lot of them exclusively refer to Shinto.

Just wondering what a good word to use would be.
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word-choice words
Describing a shrine, just not a Shinto shrine?
This might be your best bet. But it hold the meaning of temple a little bit
more than shrine.

> 神殿

<https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E7%A5%9E%E6%AE%BF-53619>

If not good enough, then maybe you could go with.

> 宮
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In addition to 神殿 mentioned by stack reader, which is the one most commonly
used in the Greek context you asked about, all of these can also mean shrine:

  * 殿堂{でんどう} - a large building
  * 社{やしろ} - usually a small structure
  * 聖堂{せいどう} - a building like a cathedral
  * ○○廟{びょう} - a place of remembrance for or the dwelling of a spirit or dead person
  * 霊屋{たまや} - a building to house the spirits of the dead

<http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/shrine>
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