kami

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Noun

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ka=mi

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun kami has 1 sense

kami(n = noun.person) - one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature);

is a kind of

japanese deity

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CIDE DICTIONARY

kami, n. pl. [Japanese, god.].

A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the mikado. [1913 Webster]

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