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religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

religious; spiritual

sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)

sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)

head of family; originator

religious group

origin; source; virtuous ancestor

new religion

religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist

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

principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar

religious conversion

religious; spiritual

religious painting; religious picture

suzerain

Zen (Buddhism)

tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes

master; teacher

conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch

suzerain state

the Reformation

irreligion; lack of religion; unbelief

(religious) denomination; sect

Shin Buddhism

the Inquisition

Jishū sect (of Buddhism)

religious war

Shingon sect (of Buddhism)

Tendai sect (of Buddhism)

believer; follower

the study or science of religion; religious studies

religious atmosphere

Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)

religious organization; religious organisation

Nichiren school of Buddhism

another sect

Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism

piety

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

Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)

heresy; dangerous religion; (arch.) Christianity

moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens); tall bamboo cultivated for its edible shoots

Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); Tendai sect of Buddhism

sect founder

(major) world religion (i.e. Christianity, Buddhism, Islam)

new religion

conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch

the same sect

religious issue; religious problem; religious question

primitive religion

religious history; history of religion

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

philosophy of religion

holy city; city developed around a church, temple, shrine, etc. (e.g. Ise, Mecca, Vatican)

religious education

denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect

doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)

religious music

religious opposition; religious conflict; religious antagonism

moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

sect; denomination

one's family or clan

ancestors

ethnic religion

Ritsu (school of Buddhism)

religious matters

Kegon (sect of Buddhism)

Jōdo Shinshū

convert (e.g. to Buddhism)

leading figure; foundation

suzerainty

Minister of Rites (Zhou-dynasty China)

Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)

Sanron sect (of Buddhism)

Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism

religious regulations

sacred art; religious art

(historical) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order

major religion; great religion

primitive religion; natural religion

suzerain; suzerain state

non-sectarian

religious terrorism

Fuke school (defunct sect of Zen Buddhism)

Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

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

religious drama; miracle play

six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

(the) religious right

religious law

door-to-door solicitor; door-to-door preacher

sociology of religion

ethical religion

revealed religion

ancestors of the Imperial Family

one's religious sect

master poet

Otani sect of Shinshu

comparative religion

study of religious doctrine

anthropology of religion; religious anthropology

imperial ancestors

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

(arch.) Zen (Buddhism); confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry

traditional Zen-style architecture

religious fervour; religious enthusiasm

Counter-Reformation

Kusha Sect

root of a moso bamboo

Kogi Shingon ("Old Shingon" school of Buddhism)

religious discrimination

Shingi Shingon ("New Shingon" school of Buddhism)

different religion or sect

Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

military order

frigate tuna (Auxis spp.)

religious education

master poet

walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack

religious independence

believer of my denomination

World Conference of Religions for Peace

Nichiren Shoshu (sect of Buddhism)

Zen (Buddhism)

Ritsu (school of Buddhism)

head of a clan

Hosso sect (of Buddhism)

Auxis (genus of tuna)

secularism

secularism

founding of a religion (or sect)

Christianity

Christianity

Christianity

organized religion

Honmon Butsuryū-shū (branch of Nichiren Buddhism)

Yuzu Nembutsu (school of Pure Land Buddhism)

Zongguan Station