(guard, protect, defend, obey)

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❖ Amulets and protective items

omamori – Personal protective charms

jufu – Written spells

do (soil, earth)
rei (smalll bell)
dorei (earthenware/ceramic bell)

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❖ Small bells used to pray for good fortune, frequently in the shape of the animal representative of the astrological calendar

e (picture, drawing, painting, sketch)
ma (horse)
ema (votive picture – originally of horse)

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❖ Small wooden plaques that wishes or desires are written upon and left at a place in the shrine grounds so that one may have a wish or desire fulfilled

ha (rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate)
ma (witch, demon, evil spirit)
ya (dart, arrow)

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❖ Demon-breaking arrow
❖ A symbolic arrow for the fight against evil and bad luck

ha (rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate)
ma (witch, demon, evil spirit)
yumi (bow)

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❖ Demon-breaking bow
❖ Ceremonial bow used with hamaya to drive off evil

ino.ri (pray, wish, supplication)

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❖ Prayers to the kami written on pieces of paper that help students pass examinations or sick people recover from an illness
❖ Also called o-inori
❖ Or oinori

o (honorable)
ino.ri (pray, wish, supplication)

inu (dog)
ha.ri (lengthen, stretch, spread)
ko (child)

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❖ A paper doll of a dog used to bless and provide a good birth

kado (gate)
nyû (enter)
dô (road-way, street, teachings)
nyûdô (priest, monk, shaved head) – Buddhist term

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❖ A pair of standing logs with carved faces, that flank an entrance and act as a talisman against evil spirits

maga (bent, curve, crooked)
tama (ball, jewel)

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❖ Curved beads
❖ An ancient shintô talisman of good fortune

mane.ki (beckon, invite, summon)
neko (cat)

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❖ (Literally "beckoning cat")
❖ One of the most common lucky charms in Japan, designed to attract business and promote prosperity
❖ Found frequently in shop windows, the maneki neko sits with its paw raised and bent, beckoning customers to enter
❖ Also called welcoming cat, lucky cat, money cat, fortune cat

o.ki (to get up)
a.gari (arise)
ko- (little, small)
bo | ho (method, law, rule, principle, model, system)
shi (expert, teacher, master)

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❖ Getting up little preist
❖ A papier-mache doll designed so that its weight causes it to return to an upright position if it is knocked over
❖ It is considered a good-luck charm and a symbol of perseverance and resilience

❖ An okiagari doll modeled after Bodhidharma
❖ These dolls are typically red and depict a bearded man (Dharma), they vary in color and design
❖ daruma is regarded as a talisman of good luck

shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
pu | fu (token, sign, mark, tally, charm)

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❖ (amulet, charm)

shin | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror)
satsu (tag, placard)

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❖ (protective amulets sold at shintô shrines)