Shinto Definition

shinto
adjective
  1. relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; "Shinto temples"
noun
  1. the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan
  2. the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors

"Shinto" in song lyrics

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