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I use it especially as software storage and for other stuff I don't want/need on the PC's. kamui
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Shizuma practices “kamui” that gives him fire ki abilities.
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Moi j'veux mes nénailes dans l'dos a la kamui de X BUHUHUHUHUHU!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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On the one hand they give it the name of kamui or god; but as they apply the same word to strangers, it may mean no more than a being supposed to be endowed with superhuman, or at all events extraordinary, powers.
Chapter 52. Killing the Divine Animal. § 5. Killing the Sacred Bear 1922
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The Aino or Ainu of Japan are said to distinguish various kinds of millet as male and female respectively, and these kinds, taken together, are called "the divine husband and wife cereal" (Umurek haru kamui).
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Certainly the Aino appear to apply their name for god (kamui) freely to the bear; but, as Mr. Batchelor himself points out, that word is used with many different shades of meaning and is applied to a great variety of objects, so that from its application to the bear we cannot safely argue that the animal is actually regarded as a deity.
Chapter 52. Killing the Divine Animal. § 5. Killing the Sacred Bear 1922
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The Aino or Ainu of Japan are said to distinguish various kinds of millet as male and female respectively, and these kinds, taken together, are called the divine husband and wife cereal (Umurek haru kamui).
Chapter 50. Eating the God. § 1. The Sacrament of First-Fruits 1922
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On the one hand they give it the name of kamui or "god"; but as they apply the same word to strangers, it may mean no more than a being supposed to be endowed with superhuman, or at all events extraordinary, powers.
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Certainly the Aino appear to apply their name for god (kamui) freely to the bear; but, as Mr. Batchelor himself points out, that word is used with many different shades of meaning and is applied to a great variety of objects, so that from its application to the bear we cannot safely argue that the animal is actually regarded as a deity.
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The Aino or Ainu of Japan are said to distinguish various kinds of millet as male and female respectively, and these kinds, taken together, are called "the divine husband and wife cereal" (_Umurek haru kamui_).
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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