Word Meaning 言霊信仰

ことだましんこう kotodamashinkou

言霊信仰 is read as ことだましんこう (kotodamashinkou) and means faith in the power of language.

Meaning

English

  1. faith in the power of language
  2. belief that reality is affected by the spoken word
  3. speaking of a lucky (or unlucky) event will bring it about

Reading

Kana

ことだましんこう

Romaji

kotodamashinkou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 107454 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

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精霊信仰

せいれいしんこう

animism

言霊思想

ことだましそう

faith in the power of language

信仰

しんこう

(religious) faith

民間信仰

みんかんしんこう

folk beliefs

来世信仰

らいせしんこう

belief in the next world

不信仰

ふしんこう

lack of faith

学歴信仰

がくれきしんこう

over-belief in (the importance of) academic credentials

無信仰

むしんこう

lack of religion

山岳信仰

さんがくしんこう

religion that worships mountains as sacred (e.g. Shugendō)

重層信仰

じゅうそうしんこう

syncretism

稲荷信仰

いなりしんこう

cult of Inari