カミ
Meanings
Noun
1. upper reaches (of a river); upper stream
2. top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
3. long ago
4. beginning; first
5. person of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
6. government; imperial court
7. imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace
8. head (of a table)
9. wife; mistress (of a restaurant)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured)
upper reaches of a river; upstream
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume; top and bottom; up and down; high and low
upper part
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
upper pool (e.g. in onsen); upper bath
upper half of the body; upper body
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
daimyo's main Edo mansion
first part of a poem or verse
first half of the year; first half of the fiscal year
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
first part of a poem; first part of a verse
(in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp)
first half of the (fiscal) year
a long time ago; in those days; once upon a time
nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)
Murakami Fund (Japanese investment fund)
Murakami Corporation
head of a clan