| 神社 | [じんじゃ, jinja] (n) Shinto shrine; (P) #634 [Add to Longdo] |
| 神宮 | [じんぐう, jinguu] (n, n-suf) high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; (P) #4,819 [Add to Longdo] |
| 太夫;大夫 | [たゆう, tayuu] (n) (1) (See 能太夫) high-ranking Noh actor; (2) head of a school of noh performance; (3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); (4) (See 浄瑠璃, 万歳・まんざい) joruri narrator; manzai narrator; (5) (See 女形) female role actor in kabuki; (6) (See 御師) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; (7) (太夫 only) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank) #6,515 [Add to Longdo] |
| 獅子(P);師子 | [しし, shishi] (n) (1) lion; (2) (See 狛犬) left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine; (P) #7,085 [Add to Longdo] |
| 鳥居 | [とりい, torii] (n) torii (Shinto shrine archway); (P) #7,555 [Add to Longdo] |
| 高麗(P);狛 | [こうらい(高麗)(P);こま, kourai ( kourai )(P); koma] (n) (1) (こうらい only) (abbr) Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); (n, n-pref) (2) Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty); (n) (3) (狛 only) (See 狛犬) (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine; (P) #8,318 [Add to Longdo] |
| 宮地 | [みやち;みやじ, miyachi ; miyaji] (n) grounds of a Shinto shrine #13,373 [Add to Longdo] |
| 社殿 | [しゃでん, shaden] (n) (main building of a) Shinto shrine #13,614 [Add to Longdo] |
| 中宮 | [ちゅうぐう, chuuguu] (n) (1) (See 三后) the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager; (2) emperor's second consort; (3) empress; palace of the empress; (4) building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; (5) (See 皇居) demesne of the imperial palace #18,363 [Add to Longdo] |
| お宮 | [おみや, omiya] (n) Shinto shrine [Add to Longdo] |
