kami
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of kami
C18: from Japanese: god, lord
Example Sentences
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As kami expert Matt Alt told me, "Only a place with countless shrines, each venerating their own locations and local deities, could have dreamed up something like 'Spirited Away.'"
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2022
Confusion reigns, as in a debate over the meaning of the Japanese word kami, which Aki notes can mean “hair,” “god” or “paper.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2015
Any unusual or especially beautiful tree, rock, waterfall, or mountain was considered the home of a kami.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Shinto worshipers believed in kami, divine spirits that dwelled in nature.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Succeeding centuries only made it worse for the imported devas or gods, while the kami, or the gods sprung from the soil created by Izanami and Izanagi steadily rose in honor.
From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot
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