Buddhism or Shinto
Traditions & Rituals
Vocabulary
Weddings & Funerals
100

Kamidana

Shinto

100

Buddhist Monks Recite this

Sutras

100

Deity

100

ひろうえん in English?

Wedding Ceremony

200

Tera

Buddhism

200

At a shrine, there are three parts of the path, Left, Center, & Right. Which do you take when you enter?

The Right.

200

紙垂

Shide - strip of white paper shaped like a lightning bolt

200

Memorial Service in Japanese

法事 (Hoji)

300

Indigenous to Japan

Shinto

300

When you pray there is one thing a temple has that a shrine does not. What is it?

300

Nuptial exchange of sake

三三九度 (3, 3, 9 times)

300

In a Japanese wedding speech, you shouldn't use repeated words or phrases, why?

Repetition gives the impression that one might get divorced then remarry. (Bad luck)

400

Jichinsai

Shinto

400

Which is a "Manji"? (まんじ)

400

おみくじ

Fortune Paper

400

When attending a "wake" (通夜) you shouldn't give this.

Shouldn't give "new" money at the wake.

500

Butsudan

Buddhism

500

A Good Luck Talisman

お守り (Omamori)

500

Attendees shouldn't wear this color at a wedding

White