temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
mental; spiritual; emotional
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
devil; evil spirit; genie
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies
emotional strength; force of will
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
family of gods; clan of gods; tribe of gods
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
god king; god-king; guardian deity
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
divine power; sacred power; mysterious power; Shinriki (variety of rice)
votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)
god's majesty; god's authority; might of Heaven
gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; (arch.) low-ranking Shinto priest
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
theism; god's teachings; Shenism; Chinese folk religion
god of war; (fig.) war hero
divine generals who protect pilgrims, etc.
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
divine or supernatural skill
psychiatry; psychiatric department
mental illness; psychosis
mother goddess; earth goddess
spirituality; spiritual nature
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
deity; god; Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)
mental health; mental hygiene
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
miraculous deed; unmeasurable resourcefulness
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
deification; apotheosis; wondrous change; great moral influence
name of a god; name of a shrine
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods
before god; before an altar
messenger of god; divine messenger
one's mental make-up (structure)
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
regarding as sacred; apotheosis; deification; sanctification
cranial nerves; cerebral nerves
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
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
Geisteswissenschaften (i.e. the humanities, excluding the arts); mental science
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
god of flowers; flower spirit
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
land of the gods; Japan; China
theological school; seminary
god of beauty; goddess of beauty; Venus
tranquilizer; tranquiliser
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine
mental disorder; mental disease
nervous disorder; neurosis
mentally deranged person; lunatic; mental patient
absent-mindedness; stupor; stupefaction; fainting
divine right (e.g. of kings)
mental derangement; insanity; psychosis
the gods of heaven and earth
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
Holy Roman Empire (800-1806)
operation (working) of the mind
acute stress reaction; acute stress disorder; psychological shock; mental shock; emotional shock; emotional trauma
(attitude of) being ready to take on a challenge; can-do spirit
mental disorder; mental disability; mental illness
hieroglyph; hieroglyphics
spiritual life; inner life; mental life
moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul)
to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves
ancestor worshipped as a deity
(biological) neural network; neural circuit; nerve network
mental derangement; mental confusion; alienation
theological student; seminary student
nervous; neural; neurogenic
good God; good deities; true teachings of Buddha
divine command; heaven's will
sanctification; consecration
moral culture; spiritual culture; culture born through the workings of the human mind (science, religion, philosophy, religion, art, etc.)
inspiration; genius; super-human skill
food and alcohol offering to the gods
neurology; neurology department
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
strong motivation; aggressive ambition; hunger for success; (lit.) hungry spirit
spiritual world; mental world
Roman mythology; Roman myths
psychiatrist; medically-qualified psychoanalyst
ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
central nervous system; CNS
traditional Japanese wedding ceremony (usu. at a shrine or temple)
nervous disorder; nerve disease
offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
racial spirit; national spirit
nerve ganglion; nerve knot; ganglion; ganglia
divine mirror; sacred mirror (one of the three sacred treasures)
Shennong; mythical king of ancient China
supernatural things; unnatural phenomena; spirits and demons
spirit of the age; zeitgeist
autonomic nervous system; ANS
Shinto rites; Shinto style
spirit of dedication to one's company
(study of) psychoanalysis
teachings conveyed by the gods
shrine crest; shrine emblem
diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
safety myth; myth that something is completely safe (e.g. nuclear plant); safety dogma
guardian deity of rivers; river god
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
nerve centre; nerve center
area including Nagoya and Kobe
writings about the gods; Shinto scripture (e.g. the Kojiki)
god of shepherds, herdsmen, flocks and herds; Pan; Faunus
personal god (i.e. a god who has human form, emotions, etc.)
the Great Hanshin Earthquake (January 17, 1995)
State Shintō; nationalistic form of Shinto, formerly the official religion of Japan
gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead; one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans; fierce god
progressive (enterprising) spirit
psychiatrist; mental specialist; alienist
creating a mystery; mystification
transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony
inspired work; masterpiece
god of waka; god of song; muse
Holy Alliance (of Russia, Austria and Prussia in 1815)
auditory nerve; auditory nerves
person with a mental disorder; person with a mental illness
psychoneuro; psychoneurotic
type of amulet sold at Shinto shrines
ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals
anxiety neurosis; aporio-neurosis
Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)
as a god; as was done in the age of the gods
having delicate feelings; sensitive
goat-god; satyr; Pan; Faunus
theism; belief in existence of a god or gods
mixture (synthesis) of Buddhism and Shintoism
(post-Heian) shrine dedicated to Amaterasu
Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices
deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)
Folk Shinto (term used by Reform Shintoists to refer to sects of syncretized Shinto)
hieratic (ancient Egyptian script)
Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation; dual-aspect Shinto
mental retardation; mentally retarded
the theory of the divine right of kings
nervous activity; activity of a nerve
pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine
relative rank accorded the gods of Shintoism
neurodegenerative disease; neurodegenerative disorder
recurrent laryngeal nerve; recurrent nerve
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
fetish character (in Marx's commodity fetishism)
five fundamental texts of Ise Shinto
parasympathetic nerve system; parasympathetic nervous system
destroying a fish's spinal cord (to keep the flesh fresh)
the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year
triangular-rimmed ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals
mental charm; moral beauty
Suika Shinto (fusion of Shinto with Chinese elements, esp. neo-Confucianism); Shidemasu Shinto
mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era
sciatica; sciatic neuralgia; ischiodynia; ischias
feeble-minded (weak-minded) person; mentally deficient person
Sect Shintō; group of folk religious sects, as opposed to State Shintō and later Shrine Shintō
Imperial regalia (esp. the jewel Yasakani no Magatama); emperor's seal
surpassing looks; exceptional appearance; mind and appearance
smallpox demon; smallpox devil; deity to whom one prays for immunity to smallpox
person of diminished capacity (e.g. drugs, alcohol, mental retardation, etc.)
esprit de corps; spirit of the corps
return to the divine through spiritual quietude
mentally-handicapped (retarded) child; weak-minded child
where there is a will, there is a way
Shenxian thought (ancient Chinese folk belief in the existence of mountain wizards)
geometrical spirit (Pascal)
skill of superhuman level
god of love; goddess of love
optic chiasma; optic chiasm
grounds of a Shinto shrine; enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods
Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)
festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine
insensitive; thick-skinned
peripheral nervous system
inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
neurophysiology; nerve physiology
style of shrine architecture based on that of Ise Jingu
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
backbone; spirit of defiance
anticonventional spirit; spirit of resisting convention
Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements
Shinto, Confucianism and Buddhism
wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
recurrent nerve paralysis
heavenly protection; divine help
neurolinguistic programming; NLP
sacred mountain; mountain in which the spirit of a deity resides
a sound mind is in a sound body; mens sana in corpore sano
neuromuscular junction; myoneural junction
sense of color; sense of colour
clans supposedly descended from the gods
liberation theology; theology of liberation
where there's a will, there's a way
Sacred Wars (of Ancient Greece)
neuronal plasticity; neural plasticity; neuroplasticity
Imperial Household Shinto
Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act
spirit of defiance of the opposition party; anti-establishment mindset
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
nerve agent; nerve gas; nerve tonic
deism; belief in God as creator of universe
field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
Shingon Shinto; any branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings
theism (as refers to the existence of a personal Christian god)
Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
god who protects the roads; traveler's guardian deity
Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto)
Shinto Taiseikyō (sect of Shinto)
sumo performed as part of Shinto harvest festivities
deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko)
Shinri-kyo (sect of Shinto)
Shintoist; follower of Shintoism
The Central Church of Holy God
Hie Shinto (form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
spirits of heaven and earth
kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)
hylotheism (pantheism identifying god with matter)
concentrated nervous system
demythologization; demythicization
team spirit; esprit de corps; corporate spirit
syncretized Shinto; amalgamated Shinto
efferent neuron; efferent nerve; efferent
afferent nerve; afferent neuron; afferent
Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto
facial paralysis; facial nerve paralysis
hungry spirit (lacking in people not having drive or ambition)
Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism)
the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)
Shinshū-kyō (sect of Shinto)
Goryū Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto)
Miwa Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto developed in the Muromachi Period)
psychometrics; psychometry
the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami and Kamimusuhi no Kami)
Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
theory of the divine right of kings
Unden Shinto (branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings)
Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana)
Uden Shinto (Shinto doctrines enunciated by Kamo no Norikiyo of Kamigamo Shrine)
neurosis brought about by external trauma; traumatic neurosis; accident neurosis
olfactory receptor neuron
Shinto Shūsei-ha (sect of Shinto)
ambrosia (drink conferring immortality); drink used as an offering (to the gods)
Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism
sural nerve; short saphenous nerve; nervus suralis
eighth brain nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve
gastrointestinal neurosis
ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia); cynthia moth
Shinto shrew (Sorex shinto)
perfect composure; calm and collected
(a work of art being) sublime; transcendent