Words tagged “religion”

崇(あが)めるあがめるto worship, to revere, to idolize 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 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) 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 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 お経(きょう)おきょうBuddhist sutra; scripture お香(こう)おこうincense 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 お札(ふだ)おふだpaper charm, talisman 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 織姫(おりひめ)おりひめOrihime; the Weaver Princess (star Vega)

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 神棚(かみだな)かみだなhousehold Shinto altar, kami shelf 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 虚無主義(きょむしゅぎ)きょむしゅぎnihilism キリストきりすとChrist 禁欲(きんよく)きんよくself-denial; abstinence; asceticism 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) 現世(げんせ)げんせthis world; the present life; this life 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 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 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 色情(しきじょう)しきじょうlust; sexual desire; sensuality 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 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 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 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 神域(しんいき)しんいきsacred precinct; holy ground; divine realm 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 神託(しんたく)しんたくoracle; divine message; revelation from a god 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 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 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 世俗(せぞく)せぞくworldly; secular; mundane 洗礼(せんれい)せんれいbaptism; christening 禅(ぜん)ぜんZen (Buddhism) 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 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 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 山車(だし)だしfestival float 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 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 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 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 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 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) 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 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 奉納(ほうのう)ほうのうoffering, dedication (to a shrine or temple) 本山(ほんざん)ほんざんhead temple; main temple 本殿(ほんでん)ほんでんmain shrine building 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 迎(むか)え火(び)むかえびwelcoming fire (lit at start of Obon) 迷信(めいしん)めいしんsuperstition 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

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 赦(ゆる)すゆるすto pardon; to forgive (sins or crimes) 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

礼拝堂(らいはいどう)らいはいどうchapel; place of worship 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 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