Word Meaning 神主

かむぬし kamunushi

神主 is read as かむぬし (kamunushi) and means Shinto priest.

Meaning

English

Shinto priest
chief Shinto priest (of a shrine)
Welsh onion
pun in Buddhist monk jargon

Reading

Kana

かむぬし

Romaji

kamunushi

Writing Variants

神主かんぬし kannushi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 806 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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大国主神

おおくにぬしのかみ

Okuninushi

主神

かみづかさ

person who administered religious rituals within the dazaifu jurisdiction (ritsuryō system)

主神

しゅしん

chief god

精神主義

せいしんしゅぎ

spiritualism

自由主義神学

じゆうしゅぎしんがく

liberal theology

精神主義者

せいしんしゅぎしゃ

spiritualist

神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神道

しんどう

Shinto

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

神事

しんじ

Shinto ritual

神業

かみわざ