Word Meaning 神名

しんめい shimmei

神名 is read as しんめい (shimmei) and means name of a god.

Meaning

English

name of a god
name of a shrine

Reading

Kana

しんめい

Romaji

shimmei

Writing Variants

神名じんみょう jimmyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 72526 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

名神大社

みょうじんたいしゃ

shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank

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

神様

かみさま

God

神父

しんぷ

Catholic priest