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御飯
おんいい
Nouns
steamed rice offered to a deity
祝
はふり
Nouns
junior Shinto priest · Shinto priest (polite/rare)
巫女
みこ
Common word
Nouns
shrine maiden; miko · medium; shamaness; sorceress
八幡
はちまん
Common word
Nouns
Hachiman; god of war · Hachiman shrine · certainly; surely
大社
たいしゃ
Common word
Nouns
grand shrine; famous shrine · Izumo Grand Shrine
絵馬
えま
Nouns
votive tablet; ema
宮司
ぐうじ
Nouns
chief priest of a Shinto shrine
禊
みそぎ
Nouns
purification ceremony; ritual cleansing with water
幣
へい
Nouns
Shinto ritual staff with paper streamers
八幡宮
はちまんぐう
Nouns
Hachiman shrine; shrine dedicated to Hachiman
お祓い
おはらい
Nouns
exorcism rite; purification
神体
しんたい
Nouns
shintai; sacred object housing a deity
須佐之男
すさのお
Nouns
Susanoo; Susanoo-no-Mikoto
合祀
ごうし
Nouns
enshrining together; joint enshrinement
神棚
かみだな
Nouns
kamidana; household Shinto altar
氏神
うじがみ
Common word
Nouns
tutelary deity; guardian god; local Shinto deity
氏子
うじこ
Nouns
shrine parishioner
祝詞
のりと
Nouns
Shinto ritual prayer; invocation of the gods · congratulatory address
地鎮祭
じちんさい
Nouns
ground-breaking ceremony; purification ceremony before construction
参宮
さんぐう
Nouns
pilgrimage to a shrine; visit to the Ise Grand Shrine
玉串
たまぐし
Nouns
sacred sakaki branch with paper or cloth strips; Shinto offering wand · sakaki tree; Cleyera japonica
天照大神
あまてらすおおみかみ
Nouns
Amaterasu Ōmikami; sun goddess
高天原
たかまがはら
Nouns
High Plain of Heaven
宮参り
みやまいり
Nouns
miyamairi; newborn's first shrine visit · visiting a shrine
三神
さんじん
Nouns
the three gods of creation · five-grain guardian gods
神幸
しんこう
Nouns
transfer of a shintai in a portable shrine
大祓
おおはらえ
Nouns
Great Purification; Shinto purification rite
しめ縄
しめなわ
Nouns
sacred Shinto rope; shimenawa
伊邪那岐
いざなぎ
Nouns
Izanagi; male creator deity in Shinto
あいよかけよ
Expressions
coexistence; mutual fulfilment
三三九度
さんさんくど
Nouns
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
三柱の神
みはしらのかみ
Expressions
the three main Shinto gods
三献
さんこん
Nouns
three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
三社
さんしゃ
Nouns
three shrines; the three major Shinto shrines · three companies
三貴子
みはしらのうずのみこ
Nouns
the three precious children (of Izanagi)
二十二社
にじゅうにしゃ
Nouns
the Twenty-Two Shrines
二礼二拍一礼
にれいにはくいちれい
Expressions
two bows, two claps, and a third bow
二礼二拍手一礼
にれいにはくしゅいちれい
Expressions
two bows, two claps, and a third bow
人神
ひとがみ
Nouns
man-god; person enshrined as a god
仮殿
かりどの
Nouns
temporary shrine
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