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tsukumogami (Artifact Spirits) 06 / 24 / 2016
tsu.ku (adhere, append, attach, refer to)
mo (mourning) gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) ❖ (artifact spirit) ❖ Items or artifacts that have reached their 100th birthday and thus become alive and aware
abumi (stirrup)
guchi (mouth) ❖ Small furry creature with a mouth like a stirrup ❖ Also called abumi-kuchi
abumi (stirrup)
kuchi (mouth)
ba.ke (change, take the form of, influence, enchant)
zô | sô (grass, weeds, herbs) ri (footgear, shoes, boots) zôri (straw sandals) ❖ A discarded staw sandal that come alive at night and runs through the house chanting
bi (glissando on strings, lute)
wa | ha (lute) biwa (Japanese short-necked fretted lute) boku (breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture) ❖ Also called biwa-yanagi, biwa-burabura
bi (glissando on strings, lute)
wa | ha (lute) biwa (Japanese short-necked fretted lute) yanagi (willow, slim) bi (glissando on strings, lute) wa | ha (lute) biwa (Japanese short-necked fretted lute) bura-bura (onomatopoeic or mimetic word strolling, rambling, roaming, wandering)
chô (take along, carry in hand)
chin | hi (lamp, a light) o (honorable) ba.ke (change, take the form of, influence, enchant) ❖ (Japanese paper lantern built on a spiral of bamboo)
furu (old)
utsu (empty, void, vacant) bo | ho (ear) ❖ (old quiver of arrows)
ichi (one)
ren (join, connect) ichiren (chain) bô (priest, boy) zu (master, chief) bôzu (Buddhist priest) ❖ Heroic prayer-bead tsukumogami from the otogizôshi (companion tales) ❖ Also called ichiren-bonze
ichi (one)
ren (join, connect) ichiren (chain) bon (mediocre, ordinary) ze | zô | sô (Buddhist priest, monk) bonze | bonzô (ordinary Buddhist priest or monk)
it (one)
tan (variable measure of fabric - at least 10 meters for kimonos) ittan (10 meters) mo (tree, wood) men (cotton) momen (cotton) ❖ (roll of cotton)
ja (serpent, snake)
tai (sash, belt, obi) jatai (cloth draped from folding screen) ❖ (snake obi) ❖ An animated obi that hunts and strangles men
kasa (umbrella)
o (honorable) ba.ke (change, take the form of, influence, enchant) ❖ (Also called karakasa obake
kara (China)
kasa (umbrella) karakasa (paper umbrella) o (honorable) ba.ke (change, take the form of, influence, enchant)
kyô (scroll, sutra)
rin (dignified) rinrin(commanding, awe inspiring) ❖ (scroll and paper)
mo (overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant)
rin (grove, forest) ji (Buddhist temple) no (possessive particle) o (honorable) kama (hearth, kitchen stove) okama (pot, tea kettle) ❖ (tea kettle of morinji)
shiro (white)
u | you (form, looks) neri | ei (descendant, border) uneri (wave motion, undulation, winding) ❖ (Literally: white undulation thrown away, useless mosquito netting; or dust cloth)
un (cloud)
gai (outside of, not covered by) kyô (mirror, speculum) ❖ (unclouded mirror) ❖ Mirror that contains a yôkai ❖ A mirror used to find yôkai, that has reflected so much evil that it becomes a yôkai
yama (mountain)
oroshi (wind from mountains) ❖ A pun on (o.roshi - grater) or (yama-a.rashi - porcupine) |
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