List: Shinto

Shinto  noun  noun (generic) 

• guardian deity of one's birthplace

search-only kanji form  Shinto  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor
• medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)

Shinto  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

• temple office (for receiving offerings or donations)
• office for storing land taxes

Shinto  noun  noun (generic) 

• High Plain of Heaven (home of the gods)

noun  noun (generic)  Shinto 

• paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object
• paper doll used in purification rites

obsolete reading  Shinto  noun  noun (generic) 

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering)
• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)

Shinto  expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)

honorific language  Shinto  noun  noun (generic) 

• shintai, object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

Shinto  noun  noun (generic) 

• Tsukuyomi no Mikoto (god of the Moon and brother of Amaterasu)

historical term  Shinto  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

• separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)