• 宗しゅう

  sect, denomination

• 宗祖しゅうそ

  sect founder

• 宗門しゅうもん

  (religious) denomination, sect

• 宗派しゅうは

  sect, denomination

• 宗家そうけ

  head of family, head house

• 宗教しゅうきょう

  religion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed

• 改宗かいしゅう

  religious conversion

• 禅宗ぜんしゅう

  Zen (Buddhism)

• 浄土真宗じょうどしんしゅう

  Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect), True Pure Land School

• 宗主そうしゅ

  suzerain

• 宗国そうこく

  suzerain, suzerain state

• 宗匠そうしょう

  master, teacher

• 宗徒しゅうと

  believer, follower

• 宗務しゅうむ

  religious matters

• 宗族そうぞく

  one's family or clan

• 宗規しゅうき

  religious regulations

• 宗学しゅうがく

  study of religious doctrine

• 宗義しゅうぎ

  denominational doctrine, doctrine of a sect

• 宗法しゅうほう

  religious rule of a sect, precept of a sect

• 宗伯そうはく

  Minister of Rites (Zhou dynasty China)

• 宗風しゅうふう

  customs of a sect, doctrine

• 宗廟そうびょう

  ancestral shrine (temple), mausoleum (of one's ancestors), Imperial mausoleum

• 宗論しゅうろん

  doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)

• 宗法そうほう

  regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order

• 宗旨しゅうし

  tenets (of a religious sect), doctrines

• 正宗しょうしゅう

  correct doctrine, orthodox sect

• 祖宗そそう

  ancestors

• 異宗いしゅう

  different religion or sect

• 時宗じしゅう

  Jishū sect (of Buddhism)

• 大宗たいそう

  leading figure, foundation

• 密宗みっしゅう

  tantrism, esoteric Buddhism

• 律宗りっしゅう

  Ritsu (school of Buddhism)

• 同宗どうしゅう

  the same sect

• 皇宗こうそう

  imperial ancestors

• 他宗たしゅう

  another sect

• 一宗いっしゅう

  sect, denomination

• 孟宗もうそう

  moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens)

• 八宗はっしゅう

  the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period

• 正宗まさむね

  famous sword, sword blade by Masamune

• 立宗りっしゅう

  founding of a religion (or sect)

• 邪宗じゃしゅう

  heresy, dangerous religion

• 真宗しんしゅう

  Shin Buddhism

• 自宗じしゅう

  one's religious sect

• 宗主権そうしゅけん

  suzerainty

• 宗教心しゅうきょうしん

  piety

• 宗主国そうしゅこく

  suzerain state

• 宗教法しゅうきょうほう

  religious law

• 宗太鰹そうだがつお

  frigate tuna (Auxis spp.)

• 宗教的しゅうきょうてき

  religious, spiritual

• 宗教上しゅうきょうじょう

  religious, spiritual