shi (oneself)
zen (sort of thing, so)

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❖ (nature)

dai (large, big, great)
shi (oneself)
zen (sort of thing, so)

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❖ (great nature)
❖ Includes the stars and planets as well as the earth and its natural order

shi (oneself)
zen (sort of thing, so)
shizen (nature)
sû (adore, respect, revere, worship)
hai (worship, adore, pray to)

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❖ (nature worship)

sei (refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill)
rei (spirits, soul)
shin (faith, truth, fidelity, trust)
kô (respect, rever)
shinkô (religious faith, belief, creed)

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❖ (animism)
❖ Sacred energy found in objects, places and animals in nature

Love of nature – An aesthetic sense

kan- (kami)
nagara (as long ago)
no (possessive particle)
michi (way, path, teachings, the way of proper conduct)

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❖ (the way in accordance with the will of the kami)
❖ Humans and kami are all subject to the laws that govern the natural order

Nature is sacred – Contact with kami thru nature

shi (four)
hô (direction)
hai (worship, adore, pray to)

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❖ Ritual of showing reverence to nature by bowing to the four directions: higashi, minami, nishi, and kita
❖ See shijinsô-ô