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    3. 神主

    神主

    神かん主ぬし

    Shinto priest

    KMT10News #38+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    かんぬし

    Noun

    1.
    Shinto priest
    2.
    chief priest (of a Shinto shrine)
    3.
    Welsh onion

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    神かん主ぬしさんがお祓はらいをしてくれた。

    The Shinto priest performed a purification ritual for me.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    毎まい年とし、地じ元もとの神じん社じゃの神かん主ぬしが祭まつりを執とり行おこなう。

    Every year, the Shinto priest of the local shrine conducts the festival.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    その神じん社じゃの神かん主ぬしは、代だい々だいその職しょくを受うけ継ついできた家いえ系けいの出しゅっ身しんだ。

    The Shinto priest of that shrine comes from a family that has inherited the position for generations.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    神かん主ぬしは、神かみと人ひととの間あいだを取とり持もつ重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっている。

    Shinto priests play an important role in mediating between gods and people.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    新あたらしいお札ふだを授さずかるため、多おおくの人ひとが神かん主ぬしのいる社しゃ務む所しょを訪おとずれる。

    Many people visit the shrine office where the Shinto priest is, to receive new talismans.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    神
    かみ・かん-・こう-…(11)
    gods・mind・soul
    主
    ぬし・おも・あるじ…(6)
    lord・chief・master・main thing・principal
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