• 参観さんかん

  visit, inspection

• 参事さんじ

  secretary, councillor, councilor

• 参道さんどう

  road approaching a shrine

• 参考さんこう

  reference, consultation

• 参加さんか

  participation, joining, entry

• 参画さんかく

  taking part (in planning), participation

• 参列さんれつ

  attendance, participation, presence

• 参謀さんぼう

  staff officer, military staff

• 参与さんよ

  participation, taking part

• 参拝さんぱい

  going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple), visit (to a shrine or temple to worship)

• 参院さんいん

  House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

• 参戦さんせん

  participation in a war, going to war

• 参るまいる

  to go, to come, to call

• 参照さんしょう

  reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes), consultation, comparison

• 参入さんにゅう

  entering (the marketplace), introducing (something) to the market, access

• 降参こうさん

  surrender, submission, capitulation

• 人参にんじん

  carrot (Daucus carota)

• 持参じさん

  bringing, taking, carrying

• 古参こさん

  senior, veteran, old-timer

• 参事官さんじかん

  councillor, councilor

• 参政権さんせいけん

  suffrage, franchise

• 参加者さんかしゃ

  participant, entrant, player, competitor

• 参議院さんぎいん

  House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

• 参考書さんこうしょ

  reference book, study-aid book, supplemental textbook, student handbook

• お参りおまいり

  visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.), worship

• 墓参りはかまいり

  visit to a grave

• 授業参観じゅぎょうさんかん

  parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

• 参しん

  Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

• 参殿さんでん

  palace visit

• 参内さんだい

  palace visit

• 参向さんこう

  proceeding to

• 参上さんじょう

  calling on, visiting

• 参命さんめい

  imperial army order

• 参会さんかい

  attendance (at a meeting)

• 参洛さんらく

  going to the capital

• 参朝さんちょう

  visiting the palace

• 参堂さんどう

  visiting a shrine

• 参集さんしゅう

  assembling (of people)

• 参差しんし

  of uneven heights or lengths

• 参着さんちゃく

  arrival, payment on sight

• 参宮さんぐう

  pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)

• 参政さんせい

  participation in politics, suffrage, voting

• 参陣さんじん

  arrival at a military camp, joining in a battle

• 参籠さんろう

  retirement (to a temple of shrine) for prayer

• 参禅さんぜん

  Zen meditation, meditative consultation with the head abbot

• 参りまいり

  visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

• 参詣さんけい

  visit to a temple or shrine, worship, pilgrimage

• 参酌さんしゃく

  comparison and choosing the good, consultation, referring to

• 参賀さんが

  congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (e.g. at New Year)

• 参進さんしん

  procession towards the altar (in a wedding)