kami

Definitions

1. An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
2. A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.
3. An ethnic and linguistic group in Morogoro Region, Tanzania.
   plural, plural-only
4. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
5. The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.
6. A Niger-Congo language of Nigeria.

Equivalents

Examples

“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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