Shinto means:
a. "the way."
b. "the people."
c. "the way of nature."
d. "the way of the gods."
d. "the way of the gods."
Analysis:
a,b & c. Incorrect. After the arrival of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth century C.E., Shinto was invented to counter the Japanese term butsudo, "the way of the Buddha."
d. Correct. Shinto means "the way of the gods." It derives from the Chinese shen dao, combining two words: shin, "gods," particularly the higher gods, and tao/dao, the "way" of thought and life.
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