Kami

The importance attaching to the post of chief of this board is attested by the fact that only the emon no Kami or the hyoye no Kami* was eligible originally, the bushi

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

She is taunted by the dancer, who tells her that a greater than she is present, and the mirror being thrust before her, she gradually comes forward, gazing into it with astonishment; whereupon the Kami of the "strong arm" grasps her hand and drags her out, while two other Kami* stretch behind her a rope made of straw, pulled up by the roots, ** to prevent her return, and sunshine once more floods the "plain of high heaven."

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

It must be remembered, however, that the term Kami, although translated by the term deity, divinity, or god, has really no such meaning as that which belongs to the English words: it has not even the meaning of those words as referring to the antique beliefs of Greece and Rome.

Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877

With this general interpretation of the term Kami, we return, then, to the great

Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877

But the Japanese word Kami* does not necessarily convey any such meaning.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Chinese ideograph for the Japanese word "Kami," by the English singular, God.

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902

The name Kami is derived from the Setswana word “Kamogelo,” meaning “acceptance.”

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The name Kami is derived from the Setswana word “Kamogelo,” meaning “acceptance.”

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Kami is the Japanese word referring to gods, deities or higher powers.

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Two more solitary and invisible beings are born, one called the Kami who stands eternally on earth, the other the "abundant integrator."

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886