Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shintai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shin-tai
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.

Example Sentences

"But Ryōtora had definitely moved a shintai during the makeshift festival – and it must have been Saiun-nushi’s, because Sekken couldn’t imagine the shugenja could call a kami into a foreign vessel without noticing."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 神体(しんたい) (shintai).

Questions

What does shintai mean?: A physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.
Where does shintai come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 神体(しんたい) (shintai).

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