List: Shinto
Words and expressions used in Shinto, an ethnic religion of the people of Japan.
popular Shinto noun noun (generic)
- ritual prayer, invocation of the gods participating in a rite
- congratulatory address
popular Shinto noun noun (generic)
- patron god, tutelar deity, guardian deity, local deity
popular Shinto noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)
popular obsolete kanji noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb Shinto Buddhism
- prayer, grace (at meals)
- exorcism
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- catalpa bow, spirit bow, bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- temporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs)
Shinto noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- miyamairi, newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born)
- visiting a shrine
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- Festival of Origins (January 3)
honorific language Shinto noun noun (generic)
- staff with plaited paper streamers
Shinto noun noun (generic)
- priestly vestments, esp. white silk robes worn at festivals