官幣社

かんぺいしゃ

shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji)

官幣大社

かんぺいたいしゃ

national shrine of major grade

官幣小社

かんぺいしょうしゃ

national shrine of minor grade

別格官幣社

べっかくかんぺいしゃ

Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department)

国幣社

こくへいしゃ

shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji)

社中

しゃちゅう

in a company, troupe

中会社

ちゅーかいしゃ

medium-sized company

幣

まい へい ぬさ

staff with plaited paper streamers

中央官庁

ちゅうおうかんちょう

central government agencies, central bureaucracy

中途入社

ちゅうとにゅうしゃ

joining a company as a mid-career hire

中流社会

ちゅうりゅうしゃかい

middle class

御幣

ごへい おんべい おんべ

staff with plaited paper streamers

造幣

ぞうへい

coinage, mintage

奉幣

ほうへい ほうべい

offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

幣物

へいもつ

Shinto offerings, present to a guest

幣帛

へいはく

paper

貨幣

かへい

money, currency, coinage

紙幣

しへい

paper money, notes, bills

幣串

へいぐし

staff to which shide are attached to make a go-hei