god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
God; god; ace; king; superior person
ancient time; age of the gods
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)
god of fortune; god of wealth
God's will; Heaven's will
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
showing no fear, even of God
incredible song; great song
deity of rice fields and harvests
all the gods and goddesses; all the deities
god of marriage; matchmaker
People of God (i.e. the Israelites); the Chosen People; People of God (i.e. Christians)
omniscient point of view (in narration)
incredible episode (e.g. of a TV show)
kannabi; mountain or forest where a deity is enshrined
God and Buddha; Gods and Buddhas; one's guardian angel
Amor; Eros; Venus; god of love
gods of the land; earthly deities
incredible response (company dealing with a complaint, celebrity dealing with fans, etc.); incredible service
Department of Divinities (1868-1871); (arch.) Department of Worship (under the ritsuryo system)
gods' conference (annual gathering of gods to discuss agriculture and marriage)
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of an emperor
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children
there is no God!; it's a cruel world; (lit.) there is no god or Buddha
to have an air of sublimity; to appear majestic
the customer is always right; the customer is king
death of God (in philosophy)
rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month); exorcism
arguments for the existence of God
song and dance performed as an offering to the gods
rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month)
danger past, God forgotten
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
gods of restoration (who purify sin, etc.)
seven generations of (celestial) gods
large breasts; incredible boobs
local deity; guardian god
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
Honesty is the best policy; Honesty pays
any god of foodstuffs; Uka-no-Mitama (god of rice)
better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; (lit.) better the ogre you know than the god you don't
journey the gods undertake to go to the Grand Shrine of Izumo in October
absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)
field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
thunder on a clear day; lightning that starts a fire
tenth month of the lunar calendar
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
tenth month of the lunar calendar
even the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking
turning to God only in one's trouble
taxi (driver) ignoring traffic laws; (lit.) kamikaze taxi
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout
thunder accompanied by rain; lightning that does not start a fire
poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention
divinity which protects one's home
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
toilet god; guardian deity of the privy
don't bother the Buddha, give no heed to God
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum); tulasi; thulasi; tulsi
emperor; (lit.) living god
god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country
emperor; (lit.) living god
Kamimuragakuenmae Station
Kamisawa Station (Nagoya)