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kami¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 神 (kami, “god, spirit, deity”).

noun kamis · kami

  1. An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan. Chanting the mantra of the fire kami, they called to the blaze, summoning the heart of each flickering flame to life.
  2. The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.

kami²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 紙 (kami, “paper”).

noun kami

  1. A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.

Kami³

noun

  1. plural, plural only An ethnic and linguistic group in Morogoro Region, Tanzania.

proper noun

  1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
  2. A Niger-Congo language of Nigeria.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: omi, quantitative, cami, mi, shiro, camille, kuni, camus, oho, kamuy, shikigami, kamui, shintai, musubi-no-kami, kajin, shinto

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noun a god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan

日本語神 kami

noun origami paper

日本語紙 kami

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"kami." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kami. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kami. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kami

Chicago

"kami." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kami.

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@misc{kami_2026,
  title = {kami},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kami},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}