Shinto
noun
Shin·to
ˈshin-(ˌ)tō 
: the indigenous religion of Japan consisting chiefly in the cultic devotion to deities of natural forces and veneration of the Emperor as a descendant of the sun goddess
Shinto
adjective
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His character was ultimately written off in season 2, with Stanford going off to become a Shinto monk in Kyoto.
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EW.com, 13 Jan. 2025
At 100, she was said to be still ascending the stone steps of her local Shinto shrine without a cane.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
According to Shinto mythology, the creature resembled a giant snake-dragon hybrid, embodying pain, sorrow and destruction.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Her method evoked the Shinto principle that objects can be inhabited by a kami, a spirit.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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EW.com, 13 Jan. 2025
At 100, she was said to be still ascending the stone steps of her local Shinto shrine without a cane.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
According to Shinto mythology, the creature resembled a giant snake-dragon hybrid, embodying pain, sorrow and destruction.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Her method evoked the Shinto principle that objects can be inhabited by a kami, a spirit.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Shinto
noun
Shin·to
ˈshin-tō
: a religion native to Japan
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