noun:

• mental anguish

noun / ~の noun:

• operation (working) of the mind - four character idiom

expression:

• let sleeping dogs lie; if it ain't broke, don't fix it - proverb

noun:

• Shinto shrine precincts
• holy precincts; sanctuary

noun:

• Kobe beef

noun:

• the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children - Shintō term

noun:

• small shrine ［ほくら］ ➜ 祠【ほこら】
• depository for sacred objects

noun:

• messenger of god; divine messenger ➜ 神の使い

noun:

• seven generations of celestial deities ➜ 地神五代

noun:

• divine love

noun:

• grand kagura performance at Ise
• type of performance including the lion dance and juggling ➜ 雑芸
• Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 椿

expression:

• Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit
• Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ) ➜ ロゴス

noun:

• neurofibromatosis type I - Medicine term

noun:

• liberation theology; theology of liberation

noun:

• Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) - obscure term ➜ 日吉神道

noun:

• inspiration; genius; super-human skill

noun:

• one's mental make-up (structure) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• sanctification; consecration ➜ 神聖

noun:

• ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the Introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)

expression:

• Where there is a will, there is a way

noun:

• enshrined deity of a subordinate shrine

noun:

• recurrent laryngeal nerve; recurrent nerve

noun:

• mystery play; mystère ➜ 聖史劇

noun:

• rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神迎え
• exorcism

noun:

• soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods