bu (section, class, portion)
raku (fall, drop, come down)
buraku (hamlet, sub-unit of a village)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ kami of geographical communities

chi | ji (roadway, street)
mata (crotch, fork)
chimata (fork in the road)
no (possesive particle)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ kami of crossroads or forking paths

chin (tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers)
ju | shu (guard, protect, defend)
no (possesive particle)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ kami worshipped by a group living in a specific geographical area
❖ Chiefly a kami protecting a clan, village, or region
❖ Also called chien-shin, chinjugami

chi (earth, ground)
en (affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink)
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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chin (tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers)
ju | shu (guard, protect, defend)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

dô (roadway, street, district)
so (ancestor, founder)
jin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ kami of roads and borders – protects villages from pestilent spirits coming from outside, travelers on the road, and others in "transitional" stages
❖ (See sojin)
❖ Also called dôrokujin, sai-no-kami

dô (roadway, street, district)
roku (land)
jin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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sai (close, shut, cover, block, obstruct)
no (possessive particle)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

dô (same, equal)
zoku (tribe, family)
dôzoku (family group)
shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ kami of a family group possessing a common paternal ancestry

ji | chi (ground, earth)
nushi (lord, chief, master)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ (Literally: land-master-kami)
❖ A tutelary of an area of land
❖ Also called jigami, tochigami, chi-no-kami, ji-no-kami

ji (ground, earth)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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to (soil, earth, ground)
chi (ground, earth)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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ji | chi (ground, earth)
no (possessive particle)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

sakai (boundry, border, region)
no (possesive particle)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ kami enshrined at the boundaries of settlements, and meant to prevent the ingress of evil spirits and kami of pestilence believed responsible for bringing plagues or other disasters to the community

so (ancestor, pioneer, founder)
jin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ Ancestral kami
❖ (See dôsojin)
❖ Also called oyagami

oya (parent, intimacy, relative)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ (parental kami)

ubu (give birth, yield, native)
suna | tsuchi (earth, soil, ground)
no (possesive particle)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ Tutelary kami of a person's birthplace, who protects the person throughout life
❖ Also called ubusunagami

ubu (give birth, yield, native)
suna | tsuchi (earth, soil, ground)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

uji (family name, surname, clan)
no (possesive particle)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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❖ Ancient ancestral or tutelary kami of a clan or family; more recently of a village of closely related people
❖ Also called ujigami, yakatsukami

uji (family name, surname, clan)
gami | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)

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yaka (home, house, residence, my husband)
tsu (genitive post-particle)
kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)