宗教【しゅうきょう】
religion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed, religious activity
正宗【まさむね】
famous sword, sword blade by Masamune, sake, Japanese rice wine, brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
宗家【そうけ】
head of family, originator
禅宗【ぜんしゅう】
Zen (Buddhism)
宗祖【しゅうそ】
sect founder
宗門【しゅうもん】
(religious) denomination, sect
改宗【かいしゅう】
religious conversion
宗派【しゅうは】
sect, denomination, school (e.g. of poetry)
浄土真宗【じょうどしんしゅう】
Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect), True Pure Land School
宗主国【そうしゅこく】
suzerain state
天台宗【てんだいしゅう】
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
宗教家【しゅうきょうか】
religious leader, person of religion, religious figure, religionist
浄土宗【じょうどしゅう】
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism), Jodo (sect)
宗旨【しゅうし】
tenets (of a religious sect), doctrines, (religious) sect, denomination, religion, faith, one's principles, one's tastes, one's preferences