Word Meaning 神体

しんたい shintai

神体 is read as しんたい (shintai) and means shintai.

Meaning

English

  1. shintai
  2. object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

Reading

Kana

しんたい

Romaji

shintai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 19559 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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神体山

しんたいさん

sacred mountain

ご神体

ごしんたい

shintai

神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神道

しんどう

Shinto

神主

かむぬし

Shinto priest

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

神事

しんじ

Shinto ritual

神業

かみわざ

Shinto ritual

神木

かみき

sacred tree

神経

しんけい

nerve

神話

しんわ

myth