Ikuguchi - Ikiguchi

Japanese: 生口 - いきぐち

〘Noun〙① A type of spirit possession in which a shrine maiden summons the spirit of a living person to speak. Also, the words used. ⇔ Shinikuchi. ※From the Joruri Uzuki adaptation (around 1707): "Yohei, my pillow companion, I can never forget your past. I have been summoned to the shinikuchi, but now you have asked me if I would like to speak to you through the shinikuchi."② = Ikekuchi (living mouth)

Ike-kuchi [raw mouth]

〘Name〙 The person testifying. witness. *Koyasan Documents - November 28, 1226, Kanto Gokyo Sho: `` _{The two} of them, the three beggars, the monks, _{the one} (omitted), the two of them, _the _two of them, _the dead, _{the two} _of them, the mouth of their lives, _one of them.''

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 口寄せの一つで、巫女(みこ)が生きている人の霊魂を招いて語らせること。また、その言葉。⇔死口(しにくち)。※浄瑠璃・卯月の潤色（1707頃）中「合ひの枕の与兵衛さま忘れがたなきいにしへは、いきぐちよせた我なれど、今しにぐちにより人が語りたいぞや問はれたやなふ」② ＝いけくち（生口）