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巫女
みこ

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巫女
みこ

miko

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  1. miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines

  2. medium; sorceress; shamaness

Full entry for 巫女

祝女
のろ

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noro

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  1. noro; member of a hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa

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巫女
あずさ
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あずさ
みこ

azusamiko

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  1. female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow

Full entry for 梓巫女

おんな

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おんな

onnamiko

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  1. medium; sorceress

Full entry for 女神子

くち

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くち

kuchiyose

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  1. spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman)

    Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
    Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
  2. medium; channeler

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ろし
かみ

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ろし
かみ

kamioroshi

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  1. invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor

  2. medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)

Full entry for 神降ろし

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yudate

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  1. Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)

Full entry for 湯立て

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