神しん鬼き

noun

gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead

Refers broadly to supernatural beings, including both benevolent gods and malevolent demons, as well as ancestral spirits. Often used in mythological or religious contexts.

• この物もの語がたりには神しん鬼きが数かず多おおく登とう場じょうする。

  Many gods and demons appear in this story.

noun

one with power beyond humans

Describes a person who possesses extraordinary spiritual or supernatural power, transcending ordinary human limits. Rare and somewhat literary.

• 彼かれはまるで神しん鬼きのような力ちからを発はっ揮きした。

  He displayed a power almost like that of a supernatural being.

noun

fierce god

Specifically refers to a wrathful or fierce deity. Cross-referenced with the reading きしん, which is more common for this meaning. This reading (しんき) for this sense is rare.

See also: 鬼神 (きしん)

• 神しん鬼きは荒あらぶる神かみとして描えがかれることが多おおい。

  神鬼 is often depicted as a fierce god.