Prayer

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This is the text of a Shinto prayer, one of the most important. If any of you wish to pray for Japan, perhaps this is most appropriate. Probably none of you have a Kamidana (if you don't know what that means, you don't have one). Anyway you can say this prayer while facing the sun (as Amaterasu-ōmikami) don't forget 2 bows, 2 claps, one bow.

Pronunciation of vowels a (ah) i (ee) u (ew) e (ay) o (o)

Takama no Hara ni kamu zumari masu *

Sumeragamutsu Kamurogi

Kamuromi no Mikoto mochite

Yaoyorozu no kamitachi o

Kamu tsudoe ni tsudoe tamai

Kamu hakari ni hakari tamaite

Aga Sumemima no Mi Mano Mikoto wa

Toyoashihara no Mizuho no Kuni o

Yasu kuni to taira keku shiroshi meseto

* When recited in a group, this phrase is read only by Saishu

Koto yosashi matsuriki

Kaku yosashi matsurishi kunuchi ni

Araburu kamitachi o ba

Kamu towashi ni towashi tamai

Kamu harahi ni harahi tamaite

Koto toishi iwane kine

Tachi kusa no kakiha o mo koto yamete

Ame no iwakura hanachi

Ame no yaegumo o Izu no chiwaki ni chiwakite

Ama kudashi yosashi matsuriki

Kaku yosashi matsurishi yomo no kuninaka to

Ō Yamato Hidaka Mi no Kuni o

Yasukuni to sadame matsurite

Shitatsu iwane ni miyabashira futoshiki tate

Takama no Hara ni chigi takashirite

Sumemima no Mikoto no mizu no miaraka tsukae matsurite

Ame no mikage hi no mikage to kakuri mashite

Yasukuni to taira keku shiroshi mesan kunuchi ni

Nari iden ame no masuhito ra ga

Ayamachi okashiken kusagusa no tsumi goto wa

Amatsu tsumi to ahanachi mizoume hihanachi

Shikimaki kushizashi ikihagi sakahagi

Kusohe kokodaku no tsumi o

Amatsu tsumi to nori wakete

Kunitsu tsumi to wa

Ikihada tachi shinihada tachi

Shirahito kokumi

Onoga haha okaseru tsumi

Onoga ko okaseru tsumi

Haha to ko to okaseru tsumi

Ko to haha to okaseru tsumi

Kemono okaseru tsumi

Hau mushi no wazawai

Takatsu kami no wazawai

Takatsu tori no wazawai

Kemono taoshi majimono seru tsumi

Kokodaku no tsumi iden kaku ideba

Amatsu miyagoto mochite

Amatsu kanagi o moto uchi kiri sue uchi tachite

Chikura no okikura ni oki tarawashite

Amatsu sugaso o moto kari tachi

Sue kari kirite yahari ni tori sakite

Amatsu norito no futo norito goto o nore.

[pause]

Kaku noraba amatsu kami wa ame no iwato o oshi hirakite *

Ame no yaegumo o Izu no chiwaki ni chiwakite

Kikoshi mesan

Kunitsu kami wa takayama no sue

Hikiyama no sue ni nobori mashite

Takayama no ibori

Hikiyama no ibori o

Kaki wakete

Kikoshi mesan

Kaku kikoshi meshiteba

Tsumi to yū tsumi wa arajito

Shinado no kaze no ame no yaegumo o

Fuki hanatsu koto no gotoku

Ashita no migiri yūbe no migiri o

Asakaze yūkaze no fukiharō koto no gotoku

Ōtsube ni oru ōfune o

Hetoki hanachi tomo toki hanachite

Ō unabara ni oshi hanatsu koto no gotoku

Ochikata no shigeki ga moto o

Yakigama no togama mochite

Uchi harō koto no gotoku

Nokoru tsumi wa arajito

Harae tamai kiyome tamō koto o

Takayama no sue hikiyama no sue yori

Saku nadari ni ochi tagitsu

Hayakawa no se ni masu

Seoritsu Hime to yū kami

Ō unabara ni mochi ide nan

Kaku mochi ide inaba

Ara shio no shio no yaoji no

Ya shioji no shio no

Yao ai ni masu

Haya Akitsu Hime to yū kami

Mochi kaka nomi ten

Kaku kaka nomi teba

Ibukido ni masu Ibukido Nushi to yū kami

Ne no kuni soko no kuni ni ibuki hanachiten

Kaku ibuki hanachiteba

Ne no kuni soko no kuni ni masu

Haya Sasura Hime to yū kami

Mochi sasurai ushinai ten

Kaku sasurai ushinai teba

Tsumi to yū tsumi wa arajito

Harae tamai kiyome tamō koto o

Amatsu kami

Kunitsu kami

Yaoyorozu no kamitachi tomo ni

Kikoshi mese to maosu.