Kami Definition

kämĭ
noun
Any of the sacred beings worshiped in Shintoism, conceived as spirits abiding in natural phenomena and sometimes in people with extraordinary qualities.
American Heritage
In Shinto, a divine power or aura, often identified with one or more deities or ancestors.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A Bantu language of Tanzania.

Wiktionary

A Niger-Congo language of Nigeria.

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Origin of Kami

  • Japanese

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Kami Sentence Examples

  • Hirata answered by anticipation the modern reproach against Shinto, founded on the absence of any definite morality connected with it, by laying down the simple rule, " Act so that you need not be ashamed before the Kami of the unseen."

  • The Japanese Kami are the " higher " powers, the superi,.

  • Such were some of the deities of the Indigitamenta already compared with the Japanese Kami.

  • The word origami comes from the Japanese words "ori" which means folding and "kami" which means paper.

  • The word origami is a combination of two Japanese words, "ori" which means paper, and "kami" which means folding.

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Words Starting With

KKAKAM

Words Ending With

IMIAMI

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Words Starting With K and Ending With I

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