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kami
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sacred, divinity, spirits, deities no good english equiv. "singular essence manifesting in many places invisible sacred quality that invokes wonder and awe in us.
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kami no michi
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"the way of the kami" the principle of life for japanease people personal faith in kami AND a communal way of life according to the mind of the kami no founder, scripture is nature
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shimenawa
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a rope made of twisted straw and adorned with hanging strips of straw of zigzag paper. marks off sacred space
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Shinto
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"the way of the spirits" the way of the japanease divinities or spirits the ethnic and indigenous religon of Japan no need for a name until 6th cent to distinguish it from Buddhism
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Torii
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A distinctive open gate or archway which marks the approach or entrance to the sacred space of a shinto shrine
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