Words tagged “religion”

阿吽(あうん)あうんa-un; perfect unspoken harmony 崇(あが)めるあがめるto worship, to revere, to idolize 悪(あく)あくevil; wickedness 悪霊(あくりょう)あくりょうevil spirit; malevolent ghost 阿修羅(あしゅら)あしゅらAsura; fierce demigod; scene of carnage 後厄(あとやく)あとやくyear after an unlucky year; post-calamity year あの世(よ)あのよthe afterlife 天照大神(あまてらすおおみかみ)あまてらすおおみかみAmaterasu, the sun goddess of Shinto 阿弥陀(あみだ)あみだAmitabha; Amida Buddha; amidakuji 阿弥陀仏(あみだぶつ)あみだぶつAmitabha Buddha; Amida Buddha 安置(あんち)あんちenshrinement; laying to rest; placing (a body or sacred object) 異教(いきょう)いきょうpaganism; a different religion; heathenism 異教徒(いきょうと)いきょうとpagan; heathen; nonbeliever イスラム教(きょう)いすらむきょうIslam; the Islamic religion 出雲(いずも)いずもIzumo (region of Shimane Prefecture) 出雲大社(いずもたいしゃ)いずもたいしゃIzumo Grand Shrine 伊勢(いせ)いせIse (region in Mie Prefecture, site of the Ise Grand Shrine) 伊勢神宮(いせじんぐう)いせじんぐうIse Grand Shrine 一回忌(いっかいき)いっかいきthe year of death, as the first count in memorial numbering 一神教(いっしんきょう)いっしんきょうmonotheism 五七日(いつなのか)いつなのか35th-day Buddhist memorial service 稲荷(いなり)いなりInari (deity of rice/prosperity); Inari shrine; inari sushi 祈(いの)りいのりprayer, wish 位牌(いはい)いはいBuddhist memorial tablet 慰霊(いれい)いれいmemorial service; consoling the spirits of the dead 慰霊祭(いれいさい)いれいさいmemorial service; ceremony to console the spirits of the dead 慰霊碑(いれいひ)いれいひmemorial monument; cenotaph 生(う)まれ変(か)わりうまれかわりreincarnation; rebirth 盂蘭盆会(うらぼんえ)うらぼんえObon festival; Buddhist memorial service for the dead 絵馬(えま)えまema; votive tablet; wishing plaque 縁起物(えんぎもの)えんぎものlucky charm; good-luck item; talisman 縁日(えんにち)えんにちtemple festival, fair day 大口真神(おおくちのまかみ)おおくちのまかみwolf deity; messenger of the mountain gods 拝(おが)むおがむto worship, to pray, to bow in reverence お経(きょう)おきょうBuddhist sutra; scripture お香(こう)おこうincense 納(おさ)めるおさめるto pay, to supply, to dedicate 和尚(おしょう)おしょうBuddhist priest; monk; abbot お供(そな)えおそなえoffering (to gods, Buddha, or the deceased) お供(そな)え物(もの)おそなえものoffering; votive offering お焚(た)き上(あ)げおたきあげritual burning of old charms and talismans お寺(てら)おてらtemple (Buddhist) お墓参(はかまい)りおはかまいりvisiting a grave; grave visit お祓(はら)いおはらいpurification ritual; exorcism お彼岸(ひがん)おひがんequinoctial week; higan お札(ふだ)おふだpaper charm, talisman お遍路(へんろ)おへんろpilgrim; pilgrimage (Shikoku 88 temples) お盆(ぼん)おぼんObon festival お参(まい)りおまいりvisiting a shrine, temple, or grave; paying one's respects お守(まも)りおまもりamulet; charm; talisman 御神籤(おみくじ)おみくじfortune slip; omikuji; fortune paper 表参道(おもてさんどう)おもてさんどうOmotesando (Tokyo avenue); main approach to a shrine 織姫(おりひめ)おりひめOrihime; the Weaver Princess (star Vega)

戒名(かいみょう)かいみょうposthumous Buddhist name 戒律(かいりつ)かいりつreligious precepts; commandments; religious rules 過去帳(かこちょう)かこちょうdeath register; family memorial record 加護(かご)かごdivine protection; blessing 柏手(かしわで)かしわでritual clapping at a Shinto shrine 神(かみ)かみgod, deity, spirit 神隠(かみかく)しかみかくしspiriting away, mysterious disappearance 神々(かみがみ)かみがみgods; deities 神棚(かみだな)かみだなhousehold Shinto altar, kami shelf 烏天狗(からすてんぐ)からすてんぐcrow tengu (folklore) 観想(かんそう)かんそうcontemplation; meditation; spiritual reflection 神無月(かんなづき)かんなづきOctober (traditional Japanese calendar name) 神主(かんぬし)かんぬしShinto priest 甘露(かんろ)かんろsweet dew; nectar; heavenly blessing 学業成就(がくぎょうじょうじゅ)がくぎょうじょうじゅacademic success; fulfillment of one's studies 忌明(きあ)けきあけend of mourning period 祈願(きがん)きがんprayer, supplication 寄進(きしん)きしんdonation (to a temple or shrine); religious offering 吉(きち)きちgood fortune; good luck 忌中(きちゅう)きちゅうmourning period; period of abstinence after a death 祈祷(きとう)きとうprayer; invocation; religious supplication 祈念(きねん)きねんprayer; wish; supplication 旧約聖書(きゅうやくせいしょ)きゅうやくせいしょOld Testament 凶(きょう)きょうbad luck; misfortune; ill omen 供花(きょうか)きょうかfuneral flowers; flowers offered at a funeral or memorial 凶兆(きょうちょう)きょうちょうbad omen; ill omen; unlucky sign 経典(きょうてん)きょうてんscripture; sacred text; sutra 教徒(きょうと)きょうとbeliever; adherent; follower (of a religion) 経文(きょうもん)きょうもんsutra text; passage from a sutra 清水寺(きよみずでら)きよみずでらKiyomizu-dera, temple in eastern Kyoto キリストきりすとChrist キリスト教(きょう)きりすときょうChristianity 金閣寺(きんかくじ)きんかくじKinkaku-ji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto 禁欲(きんよく)きんよくself-denial; abstinence; asceticism 祇園精舎(ぎおんしょうじゃ)ぎおんしょうじゃJetavana (monastery where the Buddha taught) 空海(くうかい)くうかいKūkai (774-835), founder of Shingon Buddhism 供養(くよう)くようmemorial service, prayers for the dead 敬畏(けいい)けいいawe; reverence; veneration 敬虔(けいけん)けいけんpious; devout; reverent 結界(けっかい)けっかいbarrier (spiritual or magical) 献納(けんのう)けんのうdedication; offering; donation (to a shrine or temple) 解脱(げだつ)げだつliberation (from worldly suffering); moksha 現世(げんせ)げんせthis world; the present life; this life 香(こう)こうincense; fragrance 公案(こうあん)こうあんkoan; Zen riddle 神々(こうごう)しいこうごうしいdivine, sublime, majestic 香典袋(こうでんぶくろ)こうでんぶくろcondolence money envelope 高野山(こうやさん)こうやさんMount Kōya (Buddhist monastic center) 心(こころ)を無(む)にするこころをむにするto clear one's mind; to empty one's heart of distractions 古事記(こじき)こじきKojiki, Records of Ancient Matters (712) 虚無僧(こむそう)こむそうkomusō; mendicant Zen monk who plays shakuhachi 合格祈願(ごうかくきがん)ごうかくきがんprayer for passing an exam; wish for exam success 極楽(ごくらく)ごくらくparadise; Pure Land; bliss 御朱印帳(ごしゅいんちょう)ごしゅいんちょうtemple and shrine stamp book 御神体(ごしんたい)ごしんたいsacred object of worship enshrined in a Shinto shrine 御神木(ごしんぼく)ごしんぼくsacred tree (at a shrine or temple) 御仏前(ごぶつぜん)ごぶつぜんbefore the Buddha; Buddhist altar offering; condolence gift inscription (from the 49th day) 御利益(ごりやく)ごりやくdivine favor; blessing (from prayer) 御霊前(ごれいぜん)ごれいぜんbefore the spirit of the deceased; condolence offering

賽銭(さいせん)さいせんmonetary offering; offering money 賽銭(さいせん)箱(ばこ)さいせんばこoffertory box 祭壇(さいだん)さいだんaltar 祭殿(さいでん)さいでんceremonial hall; ritual hall 祭礼(さいれい)さいれいreligious festival; ritual ceremony 捧(ささ)げ物(もの)ささげものoffering; tribute; oblation 作務(さむ)さむmanual labor at a temple; cleaning and maintenance work (in Zen Buddhism) 三回忌(さんかいき)さんかいきsecond death anniversary; memorial service two years after death 三十三回忌(さんじゅうさんかいき)さんじゅうさんかいきthirty-third death anniversary; 33rd memorial service 三毒(さんどく)さんどくthe three poisons (Buddhism) 参拝(さんぱい)さんぱいworship, shrine/temple visit 参拝(さんぱい)するさんぱいするto visit a shrine or temple to worship 座敷童(ざしきわらし)ざしきわらしzashiki-warashi (house spirit) 座禅(ざぜん)ざぜんZen meditation; zazen 色欲(しきよく)しきよくlust; sexual desire; carnal desire 七福神(しちふくじん)しちふくじんSeven Lucky Gods 紙垂(しで)しでzigzag paper streamers (Shinto) しめ飾(かざ)りしめかざりNew Year's rope decoration 釈迦(しゃか)しゃかShakyamuni; the Buddha 社殿(しゃでん)しゃでんshrine building; main hall of a Shinto shrine 社務(しゃむ)しゃむshrine affairs; shrine duties 社務所(しゃむしょ)しゃむしょshrine office 朱印(しゅいん)しゅいんred seal 宗教(しゅうきょう)しゅうきょうreligion 宗教的(しゅうきょうてき)しゅうきょうてきreligious 宗派(しゅうは)しゅうはsect; denomination 宿縁(しゅくえん)しゅくえんpredestined bond; fate from a previous life; karmic connection 祝福(しゅくふく)しゅくふくblessing, benediction 修験道(しゅげんどう)しゅげんどうShugendo; mountain asceticism 守護神(しゅごしん)しゅごしんguardian deity; patron saint 守護霊(しゅごれい)しゅごれいguardian spirit 出家(しゅっけ)しゅっけentering the priesthood, becoming a monk or nun 修羅場(しゅらば)しゅらばscene of carnage, dramatic confrontation 精進料理(しょうじんりょうり)しょうじんりょうりBuddhist vegetarian cuisine 諸行無常(しょぎょうむじょう)しょぎょうむじょうall things are impermanent; nothing lasts forever 贖罪(しょくざい)しょくざいatonement; expiation; redemption 神域(しんいき)しんいきsacred precinct; holy ground; divine realm 信仰(しんこう)しんこうreligious faith, belief 新興宗教(しんこうしゅうきょう)しんこうしゅうきょうnew religious movement; new religion 神職(しんしょく)しんしょくShinto priest; Shinto clergy 信心深(しんじんぶか)いしんじんぶかいdevout; deeply religious; pious 神聖(しんせい)しんせいsacred, holy 神前(しんぜん)しんぜんbefore the gods; in front of a Shinto altar 神託(しんたく)しんたくoracle; divine message; revelation from a god 神道(しんとう)しんとうShinto 神秘的(しんぴてき)しんぴてきmysterious; mystical; enigmatic 新約聖書(しんやくせいしょ)しんやくせいしょNew Testament 神霊(しんれい)しんれいdivine spirit; sacred spirit 地獄(じごく)じごくhell, inferno 地鎮祭(じちんさい)じちんさいground-breaking ceremony; Shinto rite before construction 慈悲深(じひぶか)いじひぶかいcompassionate; merciful; kind-hearted 邪教(じゃきょう)じゃきょうevil cult; heretical religion 住職(じゅうしょく)じゅうしょくchief priest of a Buddhist temple 十字架(じゅうじか)じゅうじかcross; crucifix 儒教(じゅきょう)じゅきょうConfucianism 数珠(じゅず)じゅずBuddhist prayer beads 巡礼(じゅんれい)じゅんれいpilgrimage 成就(じょうじゅ)じょうじゅfulfillment, accomplishment 常住(じょうじゅう)じょうじゅうpermanent residence; constancy; permanence 浄土宗(じょうどしゅう)じょうどしゅうthe Jōdo (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism 成仏(じょうぶつ)じょうぶつattaining Buddhahood; resting in peace (of the dead) 除夜(じょや)の鐘(かね)じょやのかねNew Year's Eve bell 神宮(じんぐう)じんぐうgrand shrine; jingu 神社仏閣(じんじゃぶっかく)じんじゃぶっかくshrines and temples 崇敬(すうけい)すうけいreverence; veneration; deep respect 崇拝(すうはい)すうはいworship, adoration, veneration 崇拝者(すうはいしゃ)すうはいしゃworshipper; admirer; devotee 菅原道真(すがわらのみちざね)すがわらのみちざねSugawara no Michizane (scholar deified as god of learning) 聖典(せいてん)せいてんsacred scripture; holy text; canon 聖霊(せいれい)せいれいHoly Spirit; Holy Ghost 施主(せしゅ)せしゅowner (of a building project); host (of a Buddhist service); donor 世俗(せぞく)せぞくworldly; secular; mundane 線香(せんこう)せんこうincense stick 洗礼(せんれい)せんれいbaptism; christening 禅(ぜん)ぜんZen (Buddhism) 善光寺(ぜんこうじ)ぜんこうじZenkō-ji, a major Buddhist temple in Nagano 禅寺(ぜんでら)ぜんでらZen temple 葬儀(そうぎ)そうぎfuneral; funeral service 創建(そうけん)そうけんfounding; original construction (of a temple or shrine) 荘厳(そうごん)なそうごんなmajestic; solemn; sublime 僧侶(そうりょ)そうりょBuddhist monk, Buddhist priest

滝行(たきぎょう)たきぎょうwaterfall meditation; waterfall ascetic practice 托鉢(たくはつ)たくはつalms round; religious mendicancy 多生(たしょう)たしょうmany rebirths; many lives (Buddhist) 祟(たた)りたたりcurse; divine punishment; retribution 手向(たむ)けるたむけるto offer (flowers, incense) to the dead 他力本願(たりきほんがん)たりきほんがんrelying on others; dependence on others 大吉(だいきち)だいきちgreat blessing; very lucky; best fortune 大凶(だいきょう)だいきょうgreat misfortune; worst luck 大聖堂(だいせいどう)だいせいどうcathedral 大仏(だいぶつ)だいぶつgreat statue of Buddha 山車(だし)だしfestival float 中元(ちゅうげん)ちゅうげんmid-year Taoist observance; origin of お中元 手水(ちょうず)ちょうずpurification water (at a shrine) 鎮座(ちんざ)ちんざenshrinement (of a deity); sitting imposingly 罪深(つみぶか)いつみぶかいsinful; deeply guilty; terribly wrong 剃髪(ていはつ)ていはつhead shaving; tonsure 天(てん)てんheaven; sky; the heavens; Heaven (as deity) 天使(てんし)てんしangel 転生(てんせい)てんせいreincarnation; rebirth; transmigration 天命(てんめい)てんめいdivine will; destiny; heaven's mandate; natural lifespan 伝道(でんどう)でんどうevangelism; missionary work; spreading a teaching 伝道師(でんどうし)でんどうしevangelist; missionary; advocate 東照宮(とうしょうぐう)とうしょうぐうToshogu Shrine 東大寺(とうだいじ)とうだいじTōdai-ji (Nara temple) 歳神様(としがみさま)としがみさまNew Year deity; god of the incoming year 弔(とむら)うとむらうto mourn; to hold a memorial service; to pay one's respects to the dead 鳥居(とりい)とりいtorii gate; shrine gate 取(と)り憑(つ)かれるとりつかれるto be possessed; to be obsessed 取(と)り憑(つ)くとりつくto possess; to haunt; to be obsessed 読経(どきょう)どきょうsutra chanting; reading of Buddhist scriptures

禰宜(ねぎ)ねぎsenior Shinto priest; shrine priest 念願成就(ねんがんじょうじゅ)ねんがんじょうじゅfulfillment of a long-cherished wish 年忌(ねんき)ねんきmemorial anniversary; anniversary of a death 念珠(ねんじゅ)ねんじゅprayer beads; Buddhist rosary 祝詞(のりと)のりとShinto ritual prayer (recited by a priest) 呪(のろ)いのろいcurse; hex; spell

拝観(はいかん)はいかんrespectful viewing (of a temple or shrine) 背後霊(はいごれい)はいごれいspirit behind someone; spirit hovering behind a person 墓(はか)はかgrave, tomb 墓場(はかば)はかばgraveyard, cemetery 墓参(はかまい)りはかまいりvisiting a grave 初宮参(はつみやまい)りはつみやまいりbaby's first shrine visit 払(はら)いはらいpayment; sweeping; purification 祓(はら)うはらうto exorcise, to purify ritually 彼岸会(ひがんえ)ひがんえhigan service; equinox memorial service 柄杓(ひしゃく)ひしゃくladle; dipper 憑依(ひょうい)ひょういpossession (by a spirit) 布教(ふきょう)ふきょうproselytizing; missionary work; spreading a belief 布施(ふせ)ふせalms; charitable donation; offering (especially to Buddhist monks or temples) 二七日(ふたなのか)ふたなのか14th-day memorial service 仏教(ぶっきょう)ぶっきょうBuddhism 仏教徒(ぶっきょうと)ぶっきょうとBuddhist; follower of Buddhism 仏具(ぶつぐ)ぶつぐBuddhist altar fittings; Buddhist ritual implements 仏事(ぶつじ)ぶつじBuddhist service; Buddhist memorial rite 仏前(ぶつぜん)ぶつぜんbefore the Buddhist altar; in front of Buddha 仏像(ぶつぞう)ぶつぞうBuddha statue; Buddhist image 仏壇(ぶつだん)ぶつだんBuddhist altar 仏殿(ぶつでん)ぶつでんBuddha hall; main hall of a Zen temple 遍路(へんろ)へんろpilgrimage (esp. Shikoku's 88 temples); pilgrim 報恩(ほうおん)ほうおんrepaying kindness; returning a favor 奉献(ほうけん)ほうけんdedication; offering; consecration 法師(ほうし)ほうしBuddhist priest; monk 法然(ほうねん)ほうねんHōnen (founder of the Jōdo sect) 奉納(ほうのう)ほうのうoffering, dedication (to a shrine or temple) 法隆寺(ほうりゅうじ)ほうりゅうじHoryuji (ancient Buddhist temple in Nara) 仏(ほとけ)ほとけBuddha; deceased person 本山(ほんざん)ほんざんhead temple; main temple 本尊(ほんぞん)ほんぞんprincipal image of worship (in a temple) 本殿(ほんでん)ほんでんmain shrine building 本能寺(ほんのうじ)ほんのうじHonnō-ji, the Kyoto temple where Oda Nobunaga died 本厄(ほんやく)ほんやくmain unlucky year; principal calamity year 冒涜(ぼうとく)ぼうとくblasphemy; profanation; desecration 冒涜的(ぼうとくてき)ぼうとくてきblasphemous; sacrilegious 墓参(ぼさん)ぼさんvisiting a grave; paying respects at a grave 梵鐘(ぼんしょう)ぼんしょうtemple bell; Buddhist temple bell

魔(ま)まdemon; evil; magic 埋葬(まいそう)まいそうburial; interment 前厄(まえやく)まえやくyear before an unlucky year; pre-calamity year 祭(まつ)るまつるto enshrine; to deify; to worship 魔除(まよ)けまよけcharm against evil; talisman; ward 巫女(みこ)みこshrine maiden 神輿(みこし)みこしportable shrine 禊(みそぎ)みそぎpurification ritual, ritual cleansing 三峯(みつみね)みつみねMitsumine, area in Chichibu, Saitama 三七日(みなのか)みなのか21st-day memorial service 迎(むか)え火(び)むかえびwelcoming fire (lit at start of Obon) 六七日(むなのか)むなのか42nd-day Buddhist memorial service 迷信(めいしん)めいしんsuperstition 明治神宮(めいじじんぐう)めいじじんぐうMeiji Shrine (Tokyo) 瞑想(めいそう)めいそうmeditation 冥土(めいど)めいどthe underworld; the realm of the dead; Hades 恵(めぐ)みめぐみblessing, grace, bounty 盲信(もうしん)もうしんblind faith, blind belief 黙祷(もくとう)もくとうsilent prayer; moment of silence 物(もの)の怪(け)もののけevil spirit, supernatural being 盛(も)り塩(じお)もりじおsmall cone of salt (for purification or luck)

厄払(やくばら)いやくばらいwarding off evil; exorcism; purification 厄除(やくよ)けやくよけwarding off bad luck; evil-averting charm 山伏(やまぶし)やまぶしmountain ascetic; yamabushi 幽霊(ゆうれい)ゆうれいghost, specter 赦(ゆる)すゆるすto pardon; to forgive (sins or crimes) 預言(よげん)よげんprophecy (religious) 預言者(よげんしゃ)よげんしゃprophet; one who delivers divine messages 予言(よげん)するよげんするto prophesy; to predict; to foretell 四七日(よなのか)よなのか28th-day Buddhist memorial service

羅刹(らせつ)らせつrakshasa; man-eating demon; fierce demon 輪廻(りんね)りんねcycle of rebirth; samsara; reincarnation 輪廻転生(りんねてんしょう)りんねてんしょうreincarnation; cycle of death and rebirth 流転(るてん)るてんconstant change; vicissitudes; transmigration 霊感(れいかん)れいかんspiritual sensitivity; psychic ability; inspiration 霊魂(れいこん)れいこんsoul; spirit 霊前(れいぜん)れいぜんbefore the spirit of the deceased 礼拝(れいはい)れいはいworship; religious service 礼拝堂(れいはいどう)れいはいどうchapel; prayer hall 蓮華(れんげ)れんげChinese soup spoon; lotus flower