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付喪神つくもがみ 付喪神
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Noun
1. artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit​
Wikipedia definition
2. Tsukumogami​Understood by many Western scholars as a type of Japanese yōkai, the Tsukumogami was a concept popular in Japanese folklore as far back as the tenth century, used in the spread of Shingon Buddhism. Today, the term is generally understood to be applied to virtually any object, “that has reached their 100th birthday and thus become alive and self-aware,” though this definition is not without its controversy.
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Other forms
つくも神 【つくもがみ】、九十九神 【つくもがみ】
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付喪神: Ateji (phonetic) reading.

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