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神 kanji
gods, mind, soul
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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シンジン
Kun readings
かみかん-こう-
Variant forms
神Words with 神
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —休神peace of mind; relief
- —神佑heavenly protection; divine help
- —神彩surpassing looks; exceptional appearance; mind and appearance
- —神竜Shen Long (spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology); Shen-lung
- —ご神体shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
- —御神灯light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
- —ご神灯light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
- —ご神燈light used as a religious offering; paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
- —天祐神助divine grace; God's help
- —天神地祗gods of heaven and earth
- —叛骨精神rebellious spirit
- —神経繊維nerve fiber; nerve fibre
- —座骨神経sciatic nerve
- —神仏混交synthesis of Shintoism and Buddhism
- —神明造りstyle of shrine architecture based on that of Ise Jingu
- —神経使うto be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
- —座骨神経痛sciatica; sciatic neuralgia; ischiodynia; ischias
- —叛骨の精神backbone; spirit of defiance
- —視神経交差optic chiasm; optic chiasma
- —神経つかうto be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise