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巫女 [spec1,news2,nf36] ； 神子
【 みこ [spec1,news2,nf36] ； ふじょ (巫女) 】
1. [n] {Shinto}
▶ miko
▶ shrine maiden
▶ [expl] young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines
2. [n]
▶ medium
▶ sorceress
▶ shamaness
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2577150 湯立て【ゆだて】 1. Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)
  ⇐ see: 2577030 女神子【おんなみこ】 1. medium; sorceress
  ⇐ see: 1308270 市子【いちこ】 1. sorceress; medium; female fortuneteller
  ⇐ see: 1765250 神降ろし【かみおろし】 2. medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)
  ⇐ see: 1678200 口寄せ【くちよせ】 2. female medium; female channeler
  ⇐ see: 2577100 梓巫女【あずさみこ】 1. female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow



History:
7. A 2023-03-29 11:01:19  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Curious. I don't know when it was added.
6. A* 2023-03-29 03:52:52  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
I don't see a ref for 巫子. Seems that it's usually いちこ.
  Diff: 
@@ -12,3 +11,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>巫子</keb>
5. A 2018-04-08 06:21:24  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
G n-grams 巫女 729237
  Diff: 
@@ -7,0 +8 @@
+<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
@@ -18,0 +20 @@
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
4. A 2014-12-03 04:16:33  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -29 +29 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists kannushi at shrines</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines</gloss>
3. A* 2014-11-28 07:19:04  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijs: "神に仕えて神意を伝える女。未婚の処女とされる場合が多い。"

http://books.google.com/books?
id=p2QnPijAEmEC&lpg=PA1100&dq=miko%20shinto&pg=PA630#v=onep
age&q=miko%20&f=false
  Diff: 
@@ -25,0 +26,2 @@
+<field>&Shinto;</field>
+<gloss>miko</gloss>
@@ -27 +29 @@
-<gloss>virgin consecrated to a deity</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists kannushi at shrines</gloss>
@@ -32,0 +35 @@
+<gloss>shamaness</gloss>
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