[mass noun]a Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power (kami) in both animate and inanimate things. It was the state religion of Japan until 1945 (日本)神道教(起源于公元8世纪早期,崇拜祖先和自然神灵,相信神在万物中的力量,1945年前一直是日本的国教)。 参见 Amaterasu