【きとう】

Frequency rank: 25,089. – 25,240.
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  1. prayer; grace (at meals)
  2. exorcismShinto and Buddhism
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  • 【きとう】Frequency rank: 25,089. – 25,240.
  • とう【きとう】
  • 【きとう】
  • きとう
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. prayer; grace (at meals)
    2. This meaning refers to a religious invocation or request directed towards a deity, often used in both personal and communal contexts such as during meals.
    Before the meal, everyone in the family offered a prayer.
    He offers a prayer to God every morning.
  2. exorcism
    3. This meaning relates to a ritual intended to drive out evil spirits or demons from a person or place, often associated with specific religious practices.
    He performed an exorcism to drive out the evil spirit.
    In the movie, there was a scene where a monk performed an exorcism to banish the evil spirit.
Generated collocations (experimental)
to praypersonal prayerprayer for illnesspriest who performs prayers/exorcismsblessing of an amuletto receive a prayer at a shrinewords of prayergrace before a mealexorcism prayergroup prayer
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