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Where does “kagura” come from?

kagura (English) comes from Japanese 神楽, from Japanese 神, from Japanese かみ, from Translingual −.

kagura (English): A kind of Shinto theatrical dance in Japan

Definitions

  1. A kind of Shinto theatrical dance in Japan

Ancestry of “kagura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese神楽sacred dancing and music performed at Shintō...
2Japanese神a spirit or an essence present in all things, the...
3Japaneseかみ—
4Translingual−—
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