Shinto

shinto shintō Shintō English Alternative forms en Shintō thumb Etymology Borrowing from en ja 神道 Shintō, from en ltc - 神道 ways of the gods, ultimately from en och - 神道 ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]. Pronunciation en /ˈʃɪn.təʊ/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shinto.wav Southern England en /ˈʃɪn.toʊ/ US en ɪntəʊ UK ɪntoʊ US 2 Proper noun Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits. en Shinto: The Way of the Gods W.G. Aston 1905 66 The number of Shinto deities is very great. The Yengishiki enumerates 3,132 officially recognized shrines, and although the same Gods are reckoned more than once, as being worshipped in different places, still their name is legion. weekend America must learn AI lessons from Astro Boy w:Gillian Tett 2026-09-05 9 Opinion However, as some philosophers—along with the creator of Astro Boy, Osamu Tezuka—have pointed out, Japan's Shinto culture presents life as a spectrum, where objects like rocks can house spirits. This encourages acceptance of humanoid tech. Coordinate terms Derived terms en antishinto Shintoize Shintoism Shintoist Shintoistic Translations religion Afrikaans: af sjintoïsme Arabic: ar شِنْتَوِيَّة f, ar شِنْتُو m Aragonese: an xintoísmo Armenian: hy Azerbaijani: az sintoizm Belarusian: be сінтаі́зм m Bulgarian: bg шинтои́зъм m Catalan: ca xintoisme m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 神道 san4 dou6 Hokkien: nan-hbl 神道 sîn-tō Mandarin: cmn 神道 shéndào Czech: cs šintoismus m Dutch: nl Shintoïsme n Esperanto: eo ŝintoismo, eo Ŝintoo Estonian: et sintoism Finnish: fi šintolaisuus, fi šinto French: fr shintoïsme m, fr shinto Frisian: fy sjintoisme Friulian: fur sintoisim Georgian: ka შინტოიზმი German: de Schintoismus m, de Shintoismus m, de Sintoismus m Greek: el σιντοϊσμός m Hebrew: he שינטו m shinto Hindi: hi शिन्तो धर्म m Hungarian: hu sintó, hu sintoizmus Icelandic: is sjintóismi Indonesian: id Shinto Italian: it shintoismo m, it scintoismo m Japanese: ja 神道 しんとう, shintō Korean: ko 신도, ko 신토 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb شینتۆ Latvian: lv sintoisms Ligurian: lij scintoiximo Lithuanian: lt šintoizmas m Low German: nds Schintoismus Luxembourgish: lb Schintoismus Macedonian: mk шинтои́зам m Malay: ms Syinto Malayalam: ml ഷിന്റൊ Marathi: mr शिंतो m Persian: fa شینتو šinto Polish: pl szinto n, pl szintoizm m Portuguese: pt xintoísmo m Romanian: ro șintoism n Russian: ru синтои́зм m Samogitian: sgs šintoėzmos Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh шинтоизам m Latin: sh šintoizam m Sicilian: scn shintuismu Slovak: sk šintoizmus m Slovene: sl šintoizem m Spanish: es sintoísmo m Swedish: sv shintoism, sv shinto Tamil: ta சின்த்தோ Telugu: te షింటోయిజం Thai: th ชินโต chin-dtoh Turkish: tr şinto Ukrainian: uk синтої́зм m Vietnamese: vi Thần đạo Adjective - Of or pertaining to, Shintoism. Anagrams en hinost Histon hits on no shit shit on tonish en Shinto Indonesian Etymology id ja 神道 shintō, from id ltc - 神道 ways of the gods, ultimately from id och - 神道 ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]. Pronunciation syinto Noun en Shinto formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits in Japan Further reading