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禰宜祢宜NounFreq #69034
1

Shinto

senior priest (serving under the chief priest and associate chief priest)

2

Historical term; Shinto; Under the old system

priest (below chief priest and above junior priest)

3

Rare term

grasshopper; locust

宿禰くねNounArchaicFreq #101861
1

Honorific

Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.)

2

Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles)

刀禰とねNounFreq #131833
1

Shinto; Used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo

priest

2

Archaic

member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system

3

Archaic

government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto

4

Archaic

prominent member of a town

5

river boatman; captain of a riverboat

6

Archaic

(medieval) harbor manager

7

Archaic

bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands

権禰宜ごんねぎNoun
1

Shinto

junior priest

しまとねりこシマトネリコ島土禰利古NounUsually kana
1

Himalayan ash (Fraxinus griffithii); Griffith's ash

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