noun:

• shrine maiden; ancient priest

noun:

• temporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs) - Shintō term

noun:

• worship by the emperor at a shrine ➜ 御親拝

noun:

• shrine built to a guardian deity

noun:

• family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis

noun:

• the Grand Shrine at Ise

noun:

• unranked shrine - obsolete term ➜ 社格

noun:

• grove of the village shrine

noun:

• deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

noun:

• shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)

expression:

• beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise) - slang

noun:

• part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout - Shintō term ➜ 紙相撲【かみずもう】

noun:

• shrine ranking (abolished in 1946) - obsolete term
• company ranking

noun:

• scaffolding and temporary roof placed around a shrine, temple, etc. undergoing repair; protective scaffolding

noun:

• construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

noun:

• deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga & Tokyo)

noun:

• shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung ➜ 絵馬

noun:

• raised path leading to a shrine

noun:

• shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine

noun:

• court or shrine guard

noun / ~する noun:

• entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple; access to the imperial court

noun:

• imperial messenger to a shrine; envoy returning courtesies

noun:

• township shrine

noun:

• shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung - obscure term

noun:

• log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole