Nounprinciple; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar · purport; gist; drift; meaning · instructions; orders; intention; wishes

Noun, Noun, used as a suffixsect; denomination · tenets (of a religious sect)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreligious conversion

Nounhead of family; head house · sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator

Nounsect founder

Nounsect; denomination · school (e.g. of poetry)

Noun(religious) denomination; sect

NounZen (Buddhism)

NounJōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)religious; spiritual

Nounorigin; source · virtuous ancestor

Noundifferent religion or sect

Nounsect; denomination

Nounheresy; dangerous religion · Christianity

Nountenets (of a religious sect); doctrines · (religious) sect; denomination; religion; faith · one's principles; one's tastes; one's preferences

Nounmaster; teacher

Nounbeliever; follower

Nounfamous sword; sword blade by Masamune · sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)

Nounanother sect

Nounthe same sect

Nounancestors

Nounsuzerain

Nounancestral shrine (temple); mausoleum (of one's ancestors); Imperial mausoleum

Nounregulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order

Nounone's family or clan

Nounreligious matters

Nounreligious regulations

Nounimperial ancestors

Nounmaster poet

Nounleading figure; foundation

NounJishū sect (of Buddhism)

Nounthe two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period

NounShin Buddhism

NounRitsu (school of Buddhism)

NounMinister of Rites (Zhou dynasty China)

Nounhead of a clan

Nounone's religious sect

Noundenominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect

Nounstudy of religious doctrine

Noundoctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)

Noun, Suru verbfounding of a religion (or sect)

Nounmoso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

Nounsuzerain; suzerain state

Nounreligious rule of a sect; precept of a sect

Nountantrism; esoteric Buddhism · Shingon sect

Nouncustoms of a sect; doctrine · style of a school (e.g. of art)

Nouncorrect doctrine; orthodox sect

Noungreat master (e.g. of an art); leading authority; revered teacher

Nounsuzerain state