Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verbto celebrate; to congratulate; to observe (a festival) · to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration · to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

Nounstudy; library; den; home office; reading room

Nounfuneral hall · ceremony site

Nounmeals exchanged by parishioners and priests

Nounmourning; abstinence · taboo · religious purification

Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verbto avoid; to refrain from; to shun · to detest

Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verbto worship; to enshrine

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbpurification

Nounfence around a shrine (or other sacred area)

Noununmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine in place of the Emperor

Nounmaster of religious ceremonies

Nounfast day

Nounpriestly vestments, esp. white silk robes worn at festivals

NounImbe clan (ancient Shinto priestly family)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreligious abstinence; purification

Nounpublic bathhouse · building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)

Nounabstinence (in Catholicism)

Nounmorning meal (for priests, monks, etc.) · food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

Noun, Suru verbcarrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)

NounGreat Lent; Great Fast

Noundining hall at a Zen temple or monastery; refectory

Nounimperial princess who served as a priestess at Ise

Noununmarried imperial princess serving at the Ise Grand Shrine or the Kamo Shrine in place of the Emperor

Nounshrine fence

Noununlucky day (according to astrology); (previously a) death anniversary; purification and fast day

Nounimperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Nouncongratulatory words; prayer for happiness

Nounlast death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)

NounBuddha's delight (vegetarian dish)

NounSansai school of tea ceremony

Nounperson who spends a lot of time in their study; armchair expert

Nouncloset drama; lesedrama

Nountaboo object; thing avoided as impure or unlucky

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbpurification; washing

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbpurifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat

NounStrange stories from a Chinese studio (by Pu Songling)

NounTriodion; Lenten Triodion

NounIse Shrine Offering Association (secular organization formed from Jingu-kyo in 1899; dissolved in 1946)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)good luck does not last; a poor priest's two memorial services (being so close in time the priest can only eat at one of them)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)