English Dictionary

Shinto

/ˈʃɪn.təʊ/

name

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

Shinto is a name for the formerly state religion of Japan.

意味（1）

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

The number of Shinto deities is very great. The Yengishiki enumerates 3,132 officially recognized shrines, and although the same Gods are reckoned more than once, as being worshipped in different places, still their name is legion.