god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
god of fortune; god of wealth
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God; cross my heart
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible
divine possession; eccentricity; irrationality; fanaticism
Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
incredible (video) game; incredibly good game; amazing game
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)
Twilight of the Gods (music drama by Richard Wagner); Götterdämmerung
God's will; Heaven's will
incredible song; great song
showing no fear, even of God
to revere as a god; to worship as a god; to deify
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
all the gods and goddesses; all the deities
deity of rice fields and harvests
god of marriage; matchmaker
People of God (i.e. the Israelites); the Chosen People; People of God (i.e. Christians)
the customer is always right; the customer is king
Department of Divinities (1868-1871); Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)
omniscient point of view (in narration)
God and Buddha; Gods and Buddhas; one's guardian angel
divine move; perfect play
incredible episode (e.g. of a TV show)
Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)
Amor; Eros; Venus; god of love
kannabi; mountain or forest where a deity is enshrined
gods of the land; earthly deities
incredible response (company dealing with a complaint, celebrity dealing with fans, etc.); incredible service
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of an emperor
gods' conference (annual gathering of gods to discuss agriculture and marriage)
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel; (lit.) there are gods that will abandon you and there are gods that will pick you up
the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)
to have an air of sublimity; to appear majestic
Takeminakata; Minakatatomi; Takeminakatatomi; deity of military arts and agriculture, son of Ōkuninushi and worshipped at Suwa Grand Shrine
there is no God!; it's a cruel world; (lit.) there is no god or Buddha
rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month); exorcism
proof of the existence of God (esp. in theological philosophy); argument for the existence of God
turning to God only in one's trouble
song and dance performed as an offering to the gods
Amenominakanushi (first god and the source of the universe according to Shinto)
rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month)
gods of restoration (who purify sin, etc.)
danger past, God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; man turns to God only in times of trouble; there are no atheists in foxholes
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
acquiring a rare character or item (e.g. from a loot box)
local deity; guardian god
large breasts; incredible boobs
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
seven generations of (celestial) gods
honesty is the best policy; honesty pays; God dwells in an honest heart
a god of food; Inari (god of harvests); Uka-no-Mitama (god of food, esp. rice)
better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; (lit.) better the ogre you know than the god you don't
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
Yasakatome; deity worshipped at various (lower) Suwa shrines, and consort of Takeminakata
journey the gods undertake to go to the Grand Shrine of Izumo in October
absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)
Spirited Away (2002 film)
god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)
director of Dewa province; person who frequently makes comparisons with other countries, industries, etc. when complaining about an issue or situation
god who causes calamities; evil gods (who cause sin, etc.)
field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
thunder on a clear day; lightning that starts a fire
tenth month of the lunar calendar; October
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
tenth month of the lunar calendar
female ancestral god; female deity
even the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking
turning to God only in one's trouble
deicide; killing God; extreme level of spice; extreme spiciness
taxi (driver) ignoring traffic laws; (lit.) kamikaze taxi
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout
thunder accompanied by rain; lightning that does not start a fire
poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention
The God Delusion (2006 book by Richard Dawkins)
divinity which protects one's home
toilet god; guardian deity of the privy
don't bother the Buddha, give no heed to God
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum); tulasi; thulasi; tulsi
emperor; (lit.) living god
god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country
emperor; (lit.) living god
the Creator; god who gives birth to all existence
male ancestral god; male deity
Kamimuragakuenmae Station
Kamisawa Station (Nagoya)