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"Te tamai i te taporo i te arahu i te umaru," the natives termed the skirmish.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
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But all -- for in this most antique province of Japan all Buddhists are Shintoists likewise -- utter the archaic words of Shinto prayer: 'Harai tamai kiyome tamai to Kami imi tami.'
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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After pronouncing the initial formula of all popular Shinto prayer, 'Harai-tamai,' etc., the worshipper says, with his heart only -- 'Spirits august of our far-off ancestors, ye forefathers of the generations, and of our families and of our kindred, unto you, the founders of our homes, we this day utter the gladness of our thanks.'
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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The Shintoist, clapping his hands thrice or four times, [19] first utters the sacramental Harai-tamai.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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