As for Shinto religion in Japan, old materials show several cases in which shinkan was used as a term designating a Shinto priest (a person involved in religious services and office work in a shrine), and it is still used as common name for Shinto priests in everyday talk.
日本の神道に関しては、古文献に神職（神社の祭祀や事務に従事する者）を指す語として用いられる例が散見され、現在も日常語では神職の通称として用いられている。