かぐらめ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かぐらめ – see the following entry.
神楽女
[noun] An unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine, helping to receive visitors and performing 神楽 (kagura) dances at ceremonies, among other responsibilities.
[noun] An unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles.
(This term, かぐらめ (kagurame), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)