[sha-manizumu ; shamanizumu] (n) shamanism
[sha-man (P); shaman] (n) shaman; (P)
[きとうし, kitoushi] (n) medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
[くちよせ, kuchiyose] (n, vs) (1) spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman); (n) (2) (See 巫女・みこ・2) medium; channeler
[こうだんしゃまんがしょう, koudanshamangashou] (n) Kodansha Manga Award
[しきしゃまな, shikishamana] (n) probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment) (san
[じゅじゅつし, jujutsushi] (n) witch doctor; shaman
[しゅげんどう, shugendou] (n) Shugendou; Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
[ゆだて(湯立て;湯立);ゆだち(湯立ち;湯立), yudate ( yu tate ; yu ritsu ); yudachi ( yu tachi ; yu ritsu )] (n) (See 巫女・みこ・2) 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)
[ものつき, monotsuki] (n) (1) being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person; (2) (See 憑坐・よりまし) child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
[やぶ, yabu] (n) (1) rural female shaman; (2) (See 藪・やぶ・2) unlearned Zen practitioner
[かんなぎ, kannagi] (n) (巫 is esp. female and 覡 male) medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
[いたこ, itako] (n) (uk) (See 巫子・いちこ・1, 口寄せ・1) necromancer (esp. a blind female in Northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
[ふげき, fugeki] (n) (See 巫) shaman; oracle; diviner; medium
[よりまし, yorimashi] (n) child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko