Kami-sama could just as easily mean gods, as you already indicated. shrug I think that's how the fansubbers choose to translate it. If you mean the western version of prayer as in praying to kami-sama/god, well. When I went to Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, that's how I was told to pray. If you mean the western version of prayer as in clasping your hands, or holding your hands together, and praying, well, that's how they do it over there, too. I suppose I could ask her about it, or just to get her take on it. The way she phrased it made me feel as if she had her own personal kami that she held close to her, and I didn't want to pry about it (because I could see how much work it took just to confess that to me). For example, my host mother, before I left to come back home, said that she felt as if "the god" had sent me to her because of how much I helped her and how deeply we bonded. I think it's the sort of thing that varies and depends on the person. I think this is my third or fourth post in this community, thanks for having me and for answering my questions. Which God(s) are they referring to, exactly? In fact, I think I remember reading something about the word having originated from Shintoist practices, as in the "Kami" from the "spirits" or "deities" of nature.īut again, in Japanese media people seemed to pray in a very similar way to how my Christian grandmother prays at home, asking "God" or "Kami-sama" for some things and thanking him for others. I do know that there is no plural/singular distinction in Japanese, so I suppose "Kami" could technically be translated as "Gods" (?). And I've seen Kami-sama translated as "God" many times before, and people in Japanese media doing what seemed very much like the western version of prayer. I've read that less than one percent of Japanese people identify themselves as belonging to a western religion, though certain aspects of western religious practices (such as marrying in a white dress) have become popular. Well, it's not like I think dorama is a great source of reliable info on Japan's inner workings, but I have noticed something that seemed a little confusing. You may be wondering how the first statement is related to the second. So I know a little bit about Shinto and Buddhism (just a tiny little bit) and how religion works in Japan.
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