shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
sen (food, offering)
shinsen (food and alcohol offering to the kami)

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❖ Offerings presented to kami / frequently food offerings
❖ May include rice, sake, salt, water, rice cakes, fish, fowl, meat, seaweed, vegetables, fruits, and sweets
❖ Also called kensen, shinsenbutsu, shinsenmono

ken (offering)
sen (food, offering)
kensen (food offering to the kami)

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shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
sen (food, offering)
shinsen (food and alcohol offering to the kami)
butsu (products, stock)

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shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
sen (food, offering)
shinsen (food and alcohol offering to the kami)
mono (thing, object)

hô (observance, offer, present, dedicate)
nô (settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store)

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❖ (dedication, offering, presentation, oblation)
❖ Somethimes engraved or painted on offerings like torii and komainu

hô (observance, offer, present, dedicate)
nô (settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store)
butsu (thing, object, matter)

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❖ (votive offering)

hô (observance, offer, present, dedicate)
nô (settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store)
gaku (tablet, plaque, framed picture)

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❖ (votive tablet)

hô (observance, offer, present, dedicate)
nô (settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store)
kin (gold)

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❖ (votive offering of money)

ike (life)
nie (offering, sacrifice)
ikenie (sacrifice, scapegoat)

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❖ An offering of a living animal – usually shiro
❖ The animals are normally released within the keidai (shrine precincts) following rituals of dedication

i.mi (mourning, abstinence, taboo, religious purification, pure, holy)
bi (fire)

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❖ Ritual fire for cooking
❖ Has to be made with a flint stone or friction
❖ Also pronounced inbi

in | i.mi (mourning, abstinence, taboo, religious purification, pure, holy)
bi (fire)

juku (ripen, mature)
sen (food, offering)

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❖ An offering of cooked and prepared foods

ken (offering, present, offer)
ka (flower)

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❖ Flower offering

ken (offering, present, offer)
ka (flower)
dai (pedestal, a stand)

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❖ Stand, table or altar on which one places donated flowers

kes | ketsu (undefiled, pure, clean, righteous)
sai (purification)

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❖ Periods of abstinence by persons engaging in the preparation of offerings

(incense, perfume, smell)

mori (forest, woods)
no (possesive particle)
sachi (happiness, blessing, fortune)

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❖ Offerings of foods from the forest

o (honorable)
mizu (water)

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❖ Or omizu
❖ Also called mizu

(water)

o (honorable)
shio (salt)

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❖ Or oshio
❖ Also called shio

(salt)

sei (life, genuine, birth)
sen (food, offering)

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❖ An offering of raw foods

so (elementary, principle, naked)
sen (food, offering)

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❖ An offering of vegetarian foods

ta (rice paddy)
no (possesive particle)
sachi (happiness, blessing, fortune)

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❖ Offerings of foods from the rice paddy field

(rice cake)

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❖ Rice pounded into a paste

o (honorable)
kome (uncooked rice)

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❖ Or okome
❖ Also called kome

(uncooked rice)

go (honorable) – written with kanji or hiragana
han (boiled rice, meal)

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❖ (cooked rice)
❖ Can be used to represent a meal

o (honorable)
mi (kami)
ki (sake, alcohol)

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❖ Or omiki
❖ Sanctified rice wine
❖ Also called miki, Sake

mi (kami)
ki (sake, alcohol)

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(rice wine, alcohol)

umi (sea, ocean)
no (possesive particle)
sachi (happiness, blessing, fortune)

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❖ Offerings of foods from the sea

yama (mountain)
no (possesive particle)
sachi (happiness, blessings, fortune)

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❖ Offerings of foods from the mountain