かみ
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
Kanji used
god
Pitch accent
Top 700
Used in vocabulary (103 in total)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
God; god; ace; king; superior person
ancient time; age of the gods
Shinto ritual
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
god of fire (in Japanese mythology, usu. Kagutsuchi no Kami)
entreaty to a deity
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
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 fortune; god of wealth
God's will; Heaven's will
showing no fear, even of God
incredible song; great song
deity of rice fields and harvests
all the gods and goddesses; all the deities
god of marriage; matchmaker
People of God (i.e. the Israelites); the Chosen People; People of God (i.e. Christians)
omniscient point of view (in narration)
incredible episode (e.g. of a TV show)
Amor; Eros; Venus; god of love
gods of the land; earthly deities
incredible response (company dealing with a complaint, celebrity dealing with fans, etc.); incredible service
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of an emperor
showing no fear, even of God
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
to have an air of sublimity; to appear majestic
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
gods of the land; earthly deities
arguments for the existence of God
song and dance performed as an offering to the gods
swear by god; absolutely
rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month)
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)
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
seven generations of (celestial) gods
local deity; guardian god
showing no fear, even of God
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases
Honesty is the best policy; Honesty pays
visiting a shrine
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's will; Heaven's will
swear by god; absolutely
Roman god; Roman goddess
visiting shrines
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)
field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of an emperor
divine arrow
thunder on a clear day; lightning that starts a fire
Greek mythology
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
thunder accompanied by rain; lightning that does not start a fire
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
toilet god; guardian deity of the privy
don't bother the Buddha, give no heed to God
holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum); tulasi; thulasi; tulsi
behaving like a god
god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country
Kamisawa Station (Nagoya)
Examples (50 in total)
God is bad.
God is a furry.
I killed God.