じん
Meanings
Noun
1. spirit; psyche
2. god; deity; divinity; kami
Alt. forms
Kanji used
god
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
Shinto shrine
devil; evil spirit; genie
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
fierce god
ancient time; age of the gods
dragon god; dragon king; naga
dragon god; dragon king; naga
god of thunder
Shinto ritual
a water god
divine power; sacred power; mysterious power; Shinriki (variety of rice)
votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
god of war; (fig.) war hero
divine generals who protect pilgrims, etc.
miraculous god; wonder-working god
supernatural power; divine power; magical power
messenger of god; divine messenger
god of fortune
water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
earth god; earth deity
ancestor worshipped as a deity
mystic spell; dharani
god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
deified volcano or volcanic eruption
Hachiman (god of war)
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
Buddha and gods
transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony
goddess of (lucky) directions
joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
unimpeded bodily function (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
transcendental deity
the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
God of directions (generic terms referring to many different Gods)
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)
deified volcano or volcanic eruption
six supernormal powers
benevolent deities who protect the dharma
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky
light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)
five generations of earthly deities
the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami and Kamimusuhi no Kami)