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; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu
dragon god; dragon king; naga
god of thunder; Raijin (god of thunder)
votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
god king; god-king; guardian deity
divine power; sacred power; mysterious power; Shinriki (variety of rice)
miraculous god; wonder-working god
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
god of war; war hero (who died in battle)
stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone
divine generals who protect pilgrims, etc.
gods of the land; earthly deities
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
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
the three gods of creation; five-grain guardian gods
the twelve divine generals (of Bhaisajyaguru)
supernatural power; divine power; magical power
god of the wind; wind god; Fūjin (god of the wind)
name of a god; name of a shrine
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
deity with extraordinary spiritual powers
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
Emperor Jimmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan
Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
pair of gods (esp. Izanagi and Izanami); two gods; yin and yang
sliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)
Shen Long (spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology); Shen-lung
ancestor worshipped as a deity
Inari shrine; shrine dedicated to Inari
Department of Divinities (1868-1871); Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)
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)
unimpeded bodily function (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
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
deified volcano or volcanic eruption
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
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
Jinno Shotoki (Succession of Imperial Rulers in Japan, historical treatise by Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1339)
transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony
jindai moji; forged syllabic characters purported to have been used in ancient Japan
Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)
shrine honoring war dead; shrine honouring war dead
four divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points
goddess of (lucky) directions
Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices
sorry; beg pardon; much obliged
guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha); three-person saddle
head of the Department of Worship
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
Jinja Honcho (Association of Shinto Shrines)
small shrine; depository for sacred objects
since the era of the Emperor Jimmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented
lignitized Japanese cedar; lignitised Japanese cedar
Shinpūren; organization of discontented former samurai (early Meiji period)
the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the traditional calendar for each year (in Onmyōdō)
Emperor Jimmu's eastern expedition (starting in Hyuga in 607 BCE, ending with the unification of Yamato)
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
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)
Suwa deities (esp. Takeminakata and his consort Yasakatome); Suwa Daimyōjin
Toyouke Shrine (the outer shrine of Ise Shrine); Toyuke Shrine
the thirty guardian deities (one for each day of the lunar month)
benevolent deities who protect the dharma
Jingo-keiun era (767.8.16-770.10.1)
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
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank
Jimmu Boom (economic boom of the mid-1950s)
the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)
shrine ranking system (ritsuryō 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
drooping moustache; goatee
special independent shrine
Jingu-kyo (sect of Shinto, dissolved in 1899)
the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami and Kamimusuhi no Kami)
myōjin torii; type of torii topped by a curved double lintel
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
seven generations of celestial deities
Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
Sebastes iracundus (species of rockfish)
Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station