devil; evil spirit; genie
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
ancient time; age of the gods
dragon god; dragon king; naga
god king; god-king; guardian deity
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
divine power; sacred power; mysterious power; Shinriki (variety of rice)
votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
god of war; (fig.) war hero
divine generals who protect pilgrims, etc.
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
miraculous god; wonder-working god
the twelve divine generals (of Bhaisajyaguru)
name of a god; name of a shrine
supernatural power; divine power; magical power
messenger of god; divine messenger
water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
Emperor Jinmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan
Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
sliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce
Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)
ancestor worshipped as a deity
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
Konjin; God of (unlucky) directions
god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)
Department of Divinities (1868-1871); (arch.) Department of Worship (under the ritsuryo system)
outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
deified volcano or volcanic eruption
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony
the Three Sacred Treasures (Mirror, Sword and Jewels); three sacred emblems of sovereign rule; the three divine symbols of the Japanese imperial throne; (set of) three status symbols; three necessities
ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)
four divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices
shrine honoring war dead; shrine honouring war dead
goddess of (lucky) directions
guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha); three-person saddle
head of the Department of Worship
joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
small shrine; depository for sacred objects
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
lignitized Japanese cedar; lignitised Japanese cedar
unimpeded bodily function (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented
sorry; beg pardon; much obliged
mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era
Kasuga Myōjin (the deity of Kasuga Shrine)
Vajradhara (vajra-wielding gods)
God of directions (generic terms referring to many different Gods)
a horrible man will find a horrible wife
Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)
Toyouke Shrine (the outer shrine of Ise Shrine); Toyuke Shrine
the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)
Jingo-keiun era (767.8.16-770.10.1)
benevolent deities who protect the dharma
Tenpyō-jingo era (765.1.7-767.8.16)
calendar distributed by the Ise shrine
Institute of Divinities (1940-1946)
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
goatee; drooping moustache
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank
the economic boom of the mid-1950s
the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)
shrine ranking system (ritsuryo system)
don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); (lit.) if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
five generations of earthly deities
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
Jingu-kyo (sect of Shinto, dissolved in 1899)
the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami and Kamimusuhi no Kami)
seven generations of celestial deities
Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
Sebastes iracundus (species of rockfish)
Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station