ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Kami

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Kami is a noun meaning (religion, Shinto) An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.

Meaning

(religion, Shinto) An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.

More Meanings

  1. (philosophy) The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.
  2. (papercraft) A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.

Example Sentences

Chanting the mantra of the fire kami, they called to the blaze, summoning the heart of each flickering flame to life.
But Ryōtora had definitely moved a shintai during the makeshift festival – and it must have been Saiun-nushi’s, because Sekken couldn’t imagine the shugenja could call a kami into a foreign vessel without noticing.

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Related dictionary entries include quantitative, cami, mi, shiro, camus, oho.

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