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kami Related Terms – 09 / 01 / 2014

There are a number of general terms, that are also used, that refer to kami or have to do with kami.

aidono-no-kami あいどののかみ 相殿の神
ai (inter-, mutual, together)
dono (hall, mansion, palace, temple)
aidono (enshrinement of two or more kami in one building of a shrine, shrine building dedicated to two or more kami)
no (possesive particle)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ When several kami are enshrined in the same honden, subordinate altars are called aidono, and kami enshrined upon them are called aidono-no-kami
aragami あらがみ 荒神
ara (rough, wild, rude, laid waste)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
❖ Powerful kami – sometimes impetuous
❖ Miraculous spirit
❖ (See araburu-kami)
banshin ばんしん 蕃神
ban (grow luxuriously)
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ (foreign kami)
❖ Most often those from Korea or China
❖ Deities and Buddhas
❖ The kanji ban is also used in the word for savage or barbarian – ban'i
gairaishin がいらいしん 外来神
gai (outside)
rai (come, due, next, cause, become)
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ (kami of external origin, imported kami)
❖ kami of countries other than Japan
haraedono-kami はらえどのあみ 祓殿神
harae (exorcise)
dono (hall, mansion, palace, temple)
haraedono (purification hall of a Shinto shrine)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ Purification hall kami
hayarigami shinkô はやりかみしんこう 流行神信仰
流行り神信仰
haya ? naga. (current, flow)
ri ? i. (going, journey)
haya.ri (fashion; fad; vogue; craze )
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
shin (faith, truth, fidelity, trust)
kô (depend, seek, respect, rever)
shinkô (religious faith, belief, creed)

❖ Fad / kami / religious faith, belief, creed
❖ Fad for a particular kami
hikogami ひこがみ 彦神
hiko (lad, boy)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ Male kami
himegami ひめがみ 姫神
hime (princess)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ Female kami
❖ See joshin
hitogami ひとがみ 人神
hito (person)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ kami that manifests in human form
❖ See arahito-gami
hitorigami ひとりがみ 独り神
一人神
hito.ri (single, alone, spontaneously)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

hito (one)
ri (person)
hitori (one person, alone, unmarried, solitary)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ Solitary kami
❖ kami which came into being alone, as opposed to male-female pairs
joshin じょしん 女神
megami めがみ
jo | me (female, woman)
shin | gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ Female kami
❖ Also pronounced megami
❖ See himegami
kaminagara no michi かみながら 惟神の道
kamunagara no michi かむながら
kannagara no michi かんながら
kaminagara no michi かみながら 随神の道
kamunagara no michi かむながら
kannagara no michi かんながら
(reflect, consider, think) [not pronounced]
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) nagara (as - particle)
kaminagara (as kami, as was done in the age of kami)
no (possessive particle)
michi (way, path, teachings, the way of proper conduct)

(follow, obey, submit to, comply) [not pronounced]
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
nagara (as - particle)
kaminagara (as kami, as was done in the age of kami)
no (possessive particle)
michi (way, path, teachings, the way of proper conduct)

❖ Following or submitting to the way of the kami
❖ Also pronounced kamunagara no michi, kannagara no michi
marôdogami まろうどがみ 客人神
客賓神
kyaku (guest, visitor)
jin (person)
kyakujin (visitor from afar, guest, caller, visitor)
[pronounced marôdo when used with gami]
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

kyaku (guest, visitor)
hin (V.I.P., guest)
[pronounced marôdo]
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ Guest kami
mikogami みこがみ 御子神
mi (honorable)
ko (child)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ Honorable child kami
❖ Offspring kami
sumegami すめがみ 皇神
kô (originally: revered, later:imperial lineage, emperor)
[archaism – pronounced sume]
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

❖ Noble kami
❖ kami related to the imperial lineage

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