| 社 | [やしろ, yashiro] (n, n-suf) (1) (abbr) (See 会社) company; association; society; (2) regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); (ctr, suf) (3) counter for companies, shrines, etc. #189 [Add to Longdo] |
| 境内 | [けいだい, keidai] (n) grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts; (P) #5,620 [Add to Longdo] |
| 二宮 | [にぐう, niguu] (n) the Two Ise Shrines; (P) #7,958 [Add to Longdo] |
| 寺社 | [じしゃ, jisha] (n) temples and shrines #11,573 [Add to Longdo] |
| お火焚;御火焚;御火焼 | [おひたき;おほたき, ohitaki ; ohotaki] (n) Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines) [Add to Longdo] |
| 伊勢大神宮 | [いせだいじんぐう, isedaijinguu] (n) the Grand Shrines of Ise [Add to Longdo] |
| 伊勢大廟 | [いせたいびょう, isetaibyou] (n) the Grand Shrines of Ise [Add to Longdo] |
| 夏越の祓;夏越しの祓;名越しの祓 | [なごしのはらえ, nagoshinoharae] (n) (See 茅の輪) summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) [Add to Longdo] |
| 火焚き;火焼き;火焚;火焼 | [ほたき, hotaki] (n) (See お火焚) Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines) [Add to Longdo] |
| 懸仏 | [かけぼとけ, kakebotoke] (n) round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines [Add to Longdo] |
| 古社寺 | [こしゃじ, koshaji] (n) old shrines and temples [Add to Longdo] |
| 寺社奉行 | [じしゃぶぎょう, jishabugyou] (n) governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines [Add to Longdo] |
| 社寺 | [しゃじ, shaji] (n) shrines and temples [Add to Longdo] |
| 手水舎 | [てみずや, temizuya] (n) place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines [Add to Longdo] |
| 集印 | [しゅういん, shuuin] (n) visiting temples, shrines or tourist spots to collect commemorative seal stamps [Add to Longdo] |
| 初午 | [はつうま, hatsuuma] (exp) first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines [Add to Longdo] |
| 神札 | [しんさつ, shinsatsu] (n) (See 護符) type of amulet sold at Shinto shrines [Add to Longdo] |
| 神参り | [かみまいり, kamimairi] (n, vs) visiting shrines [Add to Longdo] |
| 神社仏閣 | [じんじゃぶっかく, jinjabukkaku] (n) (Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples [Add to Longdo] |
| 水屋 | [みずや, mizuya] (n) purificatory font at shrines and temples; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; cupboard [Add to Longdo] |
| 水無月祓;六月祓 | [みなづきばらえ, minadukibarae] (n) (See 夏越しの祓) summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) [Add to Longdo] |
| 政所 | [まんどころ;まどころ;まつりごとどころ, mandokoro ; madokoro ; matsurigotodokoro] (n) (1) official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); (2) (hon) (abbr) (See 北の政所) titled lady (legal wife of an important official); (3) government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); (4) clerk working for large temples and shrines [Add to Longdo] |
| 大社造り | [たいしゃづくり;おおやしろづくり, taishadukuri ; ooyashirodukuri] (n) oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine) [Add to Longdo] |
| 注連飾り;標飾り;注連飾;七五三飾 | [しめかざり, shimekazari] (n) (See 注連縄) decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year [Add to Longdo] |
| 田楽 | [でんがく, dengaku] (n) (1) ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; (2) rice dance; rice festival; (3) (abbr) (See 田楽焼き) tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; (4) (abbr) (See 田楽返し) turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides [Add to Longdo] |
| 堂舎 | [どうしゃ;どうじゃ;とうじゃ, dousha ; douja ; touja] (n) (arch) large and small buildings, esp. shrines and temples [Add to Longdo] |
| 二十二社 | [にじゅうにしゃ, nijuunisha] (n) The Twenty-Two Shrines (the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period) [Add to Longdo] |
| 幣束 | [へいそく, heisoku] (n) offerings of rope, paper, etc. hung on trees in Shinto shrines [Add to Longdo] |
| 木賊板 | [とくさいた, tokusaita] (n) thin cedar or cypress shingles (4.5-6 mm thick, used for shingling roofs of temples, shrines, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 木賊葺き;木賊葺(io) | [とくさぶき, tokusabuki] (n) (See 木賊板) shingling with thin cedar or cypress shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. at temples, shrines, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
