Word Meaning 神祇

じんぎ jingi

神祇 is read as じんぎ (jingi) and means gods of heaven and earth.

Meaning

English

  1. gods of heaven and earth

Reading

Kana

じんぎ

Romaji

jingi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Rank 164769 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神祇院

じんぎいん

Institute of Divinities (1940-1946)

神祇伯

じんぎはく

head of the Department of Worship

神祇官

かみづかさ

Department of Divinities (1868-1871)

神祇省

じんぎしょう

Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)

天神地祇

てんじんちぎ

gods of heaven and earth

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

Example Sentences

2

じんぎをうやまうこころはいまものこっている。

The spirit of respecting the gods of heaven and earth still remains today.

じんぎかんはさいしをつかさどっていた。

The Department of Divinities was in charge of religious rituals.