物憑き

Reading

Kana: ものつき

Romaji: monotsuki

Definitions

noun

1

being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person

2

child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko

See also: 憑坐 (reading よりまし)

Kanji

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

憑

Readings: ヒョウ、 つ.く、 つか.れる、 よ.る、 たの.む

Meanings: depend, rely, evidence, proof, according to, possess, haunt