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Kami is the Japanese word for a deity, divinity, or spirit. [4] It has been used to describe mind, God, Supreme Being, one of the Shinto deities, an effigy, a principle, and anything that is worshipped. [5] [6] Although deity is the common interpretation of kami, some Shinto scholars argue that such a translation can cause a misunderstanding of ...
' Warehouse Great Light Kami '): A Shinto Kami in Akita Prefecture revered during the Kamakura festival. See also Suijin. Kami (神, lit. ' Spirit, God, Deity, Divinity ') – A term broadly meaning spirit or deity, but has several separate meanings: deities mentioned in Japanese mythologies and local deities protecting areas, villages and ...
A term of endearment. Used by school teachers addressing their students, or by older co-workers to younger men. Chan (ちゃん) Little or Dear A term of endearment. Most frequently used for girls and small children, close friends, or lovers. Occasionally may be used to refer to a boy if that is his nickname. Tan (たん) Lil Babies, moe ...
The term comes from the Japanese phrase kami no Itte (神の一手), meaning 'move of God' or 'Godly move'. The ear-reddening move played by Hon'inbō Shūsaku in 1846 is considered to be an example of a divine move [citation needed].
In Japanese folklore, tsukumogami (付喪神 or つくも神, [note 1] [1] lit. "tool kami") are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. [2] According to an annotated version of The Tales of Ise titled Ise Monogatari Shō, there is a theory originally from the Onmyōki (陰陽記) that foxes and tanuki, among other beings, that have lived for at least a hundred years and changed forms are ...
Emoji, karaoke, futon, ramen: Words we wouldn't have if it weren't for the Japanese language, which is on full display at Tokyo's summer Olympics. Japanese slang to know: What makes the language ...
Konkōkyō's ideal is the alleviation of human suffering through two means; firstly, realizing all occurrences and parts of human life are gifts of Kami and part of the natural order and maintenance of the universe, and secondly, realizing the identity of the self and the universe as undying and part of Tenchi Kane No Kami.
Akitsumikami is often translated as "divine" or "divinity", but some Western scholars (including John W. Dower and Herbert P. Bix) explained that its real meaning is "manifest kami" (or, more generally, "incarnation of a god"), and that therefore the emperor would still be, according to the declaration, an arahitogami ("living god"), although not an akitsumikami ("manifest kami").