カミ
Meanings
Noun
1. god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
Adjective (な)
Noun
Slang
2. incredible; fantastic; amazing
Archaic
Noun
Honorific
3. Emperor (of Japan)
4. thunder
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (79 in total)
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)
field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)
Shinto ritual
thunder
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
ancient time; age of the gods
gods of the land; earthly deities
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum); tulasi; thulasi; tulsi
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
entreaty to a deity
god of fortune; god of wealth
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of an emperor
God; god; ace; king; superior person
God; god
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
goddess
sacred tree
gods and Buddha
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
divine love; agape
invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)
god of winds
showing no fear, even of God
God's will; Heaven's will
incredible song; great song
all the gods and goddesses; all the deities
deity of rice fields and harvests
god of marriage; matchmaker
Servant of God
People of God (i.e. the Israelites); the Chosen People; People of God (i.e. Christians)
malevolent god
omniscient point of view (in narration)
incredible episode (e.g. of a TV show)
Amor; Eros; Venus; god of love
incredible response (company dealing with a complaint, celebrity dealing with fans, etc.); incredible service
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
the three main gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children
there is no God!; it's a cruel world; (lit.) there is no god or Buddha
song and dance performed as an offering to the gods
belief in god
death of God (in philosophy)
divine arrow
rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month); exorcism
Kingdom of God
arguments for the existence of God
swear by god; absolutely
rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month)
god of medicine
local deity; guardian god
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
visiting a shrine
Honesty is the best policy; Honesty pays
visiting shrines
Roman god; Roman goddess
journey the gods undertake to go to the Grand Shrine of Izumo in October
absence of the gods from their shrines in October (while they are visiting the Grand Shrine of Izumo)
Greek mythology
God of the gaps
river god
toilet god; guardian deity of the privy
don't bother the Buddha, give no heed to God
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
god; emperor
behaving like a god
god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country
Examples (50 in total)
God is bad.
God is a furry.
I killed God.