しんしょく
神職
1. Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
2. KannushiA kannushi (神主, god master, originally pronounced kamunushi), also called shinshoku, is the person responsible for the maintenance of a Shinto shrine (jinja) as well as for leading worship of a given kami. The characters for kannushi are sometimes also read jinshu with the same meaning. Originally the kannushi were intermediaries between kami and could transmit their will to common humans.
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