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Shinto - what the words mean
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z AAikido Japanese martial artAmaterasu Omikami Divinity of the Sun Amatsumi Pollution from above Ame no Minakanushi Master of the August Centre of Heaven BBonenkai End of year celebrationsButsudo Way of the Buddha CChinkon Shinto spiritual exercisesChinkonto Form of spiritual practice Chohai Morning worship Chowa Harmony DDaishizen Vast cosmic setting into which we are bornEEbisu Guardian kami, particularly of merchants and also of rice fields FGGohei White paper streamers, cut and folded sacred paperGon-Guji Associate high priest Gon-Negi Junior priests Gosaijin Enshrined kami Goshintai Object of reverence Guji High priest Gyomando Building where spirits of deceased are revered HHaiden Outer worship hall or sanctuaryHaraiden Purification hall Hatsumode New Year’s celebration Honden (or Shinden) Main worship sanctuary, main shrine Hongu Principal shrine IIreisai Memorial ceremony for the war deadIzumo Taisha Great Shrine of Izumo JJinja ShrineJinja Honcho Voluntary Association of Shinto Shrines Jingu Shrine with imperial connection KKami Divine spirit (either plural or singular) LMMei LifeMichihiko Leader Misogi Physical act of ritual purification in water NNaihaiden Inner sanctuaryNaorai Ceremonial drinking with the kami Negi Senior priest Ni-hai-ni-hakushi-ippai The two bows, two claps and a final bow before prayers Noorito Words of ceremonial, ceremonial address to the kami
OObarae The two great days of national purification (30 June and 31 December) PQRRei SpiritReishoan Tea house
SSakaki Evergreen treeSakashio Purifying salt Sambo Offering stand Sammi-sangen Principle of the three elements that constitute life: gas, liquid and solid Sampai Formal shrine worship Sarutahiko Okami Head of the earthly kami, the pioneer of the way of rightness and justice Shaku Wooden flat stick carried by Shinto priests Shichi-Go-San Literally seven-five-three – the children’s festival Shimenawa Rope that marks off a purified area Shinenkai New Year parties Shinsen Offerings to the kami Shinsenho Ancient ritual based on numerology Shinko Faith Shinsen Specially prepared food offerings to the kami: rice (the sustainer of life); water (the basis of life), salt (the purifier of life) Susuharai Ceremonial house cleaning TTaisai Great festival around the third weekend of FebruaryTakaamahara (the Plain of High Heaven, i.e. the entire universe, the cosmos Takamanohara Translates as the solar system Torii Great gate Tsukiyomi Deity of the moon Tsumi Impurity, wrong UUjiko or Ujiko-sodai Shrine’s committee of representative parishioners VWWaketama Separated individual souls, another way of saying ‘children of the kami’ XYYashiki-gami Household kami, a guardian Z
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