Word Meaning 神送り

かみおくり kamiokuri

神送り is read as かみおくり (kamiokuri) and means exorcism.

Meaning

English

  1. exorcism
  2. 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)

Reading

Kana

かみおくり

Romaji

kamiokuri

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Antonyms 神迎え Rank 94654 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神議り

かみはかり

gods' conference (annual gathering of gods to discuss agriculture and marriage)

神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神道

しんどう

Shinto

神主

かむぬし

Shinto priest

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

かみき

sacred tree

神経

しんけい

nerve

神話

しんわ

myth

神様

かみさま

God

神父

しんぷ

Catholic priest