From my Asian studies class.
Amaterasu – The Goddness of the Sun, leader of the celestial gods and ancestress of the Japanese imperial family.
Gagaku – scared and solemn music supposedly pleasening to the gods and used in ceremonial contexts.
Haiden – The worship hall in a Shinto temple complex where, in the most sacred innner sanctum, the icons and symbols representing the Kami reside.
Kami – Traditional nature god or spirit.
Kojiki – Record of ancient matters, a scared text dating tothe early 8th century.
Kokugaku – Early 17th century movement to revive the ethos of ancient Japan.
Kokutai - the national essence: State shinto before WW2 is sometimes referred to as Kokutai Shinto
Magokoro – Central Shinto virtue, meaning sincerity or a bright, pure, upright mind.
Nihongi – Ancient chronicles of Japan, dating from 720 and a major source of shinto myth and values.
Norito – Prayers according to the ancient formulae offered to the Gods.
Shinto - The Way (to) of the the Gods (Shin = Kami).
Torii – Double-linteled gate typical of the enterance to a Shinto shrine, demaracting scared from profane space.
