shintai

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounshintai (plural shintai)
  1. ShintoA physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.

    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.

    2021, Marie Brennan [pseudonym; Bryn Neuenschwander], chapter 18, in The Night Parade of 100 Demons (Legend of the Five Rings), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 211

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

shintai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shintai

MLA

“shintai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shintai. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shintai,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shintai.

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