Word Meaning 神主

かんぬし kannushi

神主 is read as かんぬし (kannushi) and means Shinto priest.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

かんぬし

Romaji

kannushi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 6890 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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大国主神

おおくにぬしのかみ

Okuninushi

主神

かんづかさ

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

しんとう

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

Shinto ritual

神木

しんぼく

sacred tree

Example Sentences

頑張れさえすれば体力や知力がなくても何でもできるという一種の精神主義もある。

There is also one type of idealism that says even without strength or intelligence you can do anything if you can merely persist.

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