kami
English
noun
Definitions
- (religion) An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
- (philosophy) The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 神 (god, spirit, deity, honorific prefix used in spiritual contexts, God, Shinto god, study).
Origin
Japanese
神
Gloss
god, spirit, deity, honorific prefix used in spiritual contexts, God, Shinto god, study
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
神
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 一神教 Japanese
- 別天津神 Japanese
- 多神教 Japanese
- 大山祇 Japanese
- 大山積命 Japanese
- 大山積神 Japanese
- 女神 Japanese
- 守護神 Japanese
- 式神 Japanese
- 有神論 Japanese
- 有角神 Japanese
- 死に神 Japanese
- 汎神論 Japanese
- 火神 Japanese
- 無神論 Japanese
- 狼 Japanese
- 男神 Japanese
- 神 Japanese
- 神の子羊 Japanese
- 神体 Japanese
- 神宮 Japanese
- 神戸 Japanese
- 神札 Japanese
- 神村 Japanese
- 神棚 Japanese
- 神楽 Japanese
- 神様 Japanese
- 神酒 Japanese
- 神降ろし Japanese
- 結びの神 Japanese
- 覡 Japanese
- 邪神 Japanese
- 鍛冶神 Japanese
- 雷 Japanese
- *kamuy Proto-Japonic