Meaning
神主 (かんぬし, kannushi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “Shinto priest”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
この神社の神主は優しい人だ
The priest in this Shinto shrine is a kind person.
私は神主です。
I am a Shinto priest.
神主は祝詞をあげた.
The priest recited a Shinto prayer.
母は賀茂神主成継の女。
His mother was a daughter of Kamo Kannushi (Shinto priest), Naritsugu.
子孫は宗像大社の神主を世襲した。
His offspring succeeded to a priest of the Munakata-taisha Shrine.
母は賀茂神社の神主・賀茂成宗の娘。
His mother was a daughter of Narimune KAMO who was a Shinto priest of the Kamo-jinja Shrine.
私の父はお宮で神主として働いています。
My dad is working as a Shinto priest at a Shinto shrine.
その一方で、本所の配下になることを忌避する百姓神主も存在した。
There also were hyakusho priests who refused to serve under honjo.
現在、神職の一般呼称である「神主（かんぬし）」とは、本来、文字通り神掛かる役目を持つ職のことであった。
The term "kannushi," now the general term for Shinto priests, originally meant, literally, a post whose role was to be possessed by a god.
祭事の執行にあたる神主には一臈が就任する場合と乙名の中で年番で交代する場合（一年神主・年番神主）がある。
There were two ways to assume the post of Shinto priest who performed rituals; Ichiro took the position; members of Otona did on a yearly rotation (Ichinen Kannushi, Nenban Kannushi).