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Shintō

Shintō

See also: Shinto and shintō

English

Proper noun

Shintō

  1. Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

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Japanese

Romanization

Shintō

  1. rōmaji reading of しんとう

shintō

shintō

See also: Shinto and Shintō

Japanese

Romanization

shintō

  1. rōmaji reading of しんとう

Etymology

From Japanese 神道 ‎(しんとう Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (ʒin-dáu "ways of the gods"), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (Cə-lin kə-lˤuʔ "ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]").

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