Practice JLPTMeaning
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.
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," which today is generally used to refer to Shinto priests, originally referred to the professional group responsible for deciding the status of the gods, much as one might expect from the Chinese characters used--
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).
神主, or literally "god-master."（伊勢神宮などの神主の奉仕、一般は奉賛、または奉納。
） (Service by the Shinto priest of Ise-jingu Shrine and so on, generally called hosan [support given to a temple or shrine] or hono [dedication].)
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.