神

Meaning

神 centers on the divine or supernatural: gods, spirits, and the sacred. The mind and soul senses extend from the idea of an intangible spiritual essence within living things.

• 神かみ
  N3

  god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

• 精神せいしん
  N3

  mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos

• 神経しんけい
  N3

  nerve

• 神戸こうべ
  N5

  Kobe (city)

• 神社じんじゃ
  N5

  Shinto shrine

• 神様かみさま
  N2

  God; god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

• 阪神はんしん

  Osaka-Kobe

• 女神めがみ

  goddess

• 神話しんわ
  N2

  myth; mythology

• 神秘しんぴ
  N1

  mystery; mysteriousness; secret

• 神聖しんせい
  N1

  holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

• 天神てんじん

  heavenly god; heavenly gods

• 神道しんとう
  N1

  Shinto; Shintoism

• 神宮じんぐう

  high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine

• 神父しんぷ
  N1

  Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre

• 神楽かぐら

  kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing

• 神殿しんでん
  N1

  temple; shrine; sanctuary

• 神経質しんけいしつ

  nervous; highly strung; sensitive

• 失神しっしん

  fainting; losing consciousness; passing out

• 靖国神社やすくにじんじゃ

  Yasukuni Shrine

• 神輿みこし
  N1

  mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals

• 神風かみかぜ

  divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

• 神官しんかん

  (Shinto) priest

• 神学しんがく

  theology; divinity

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