This Japanese compound kotodama combines koto 言 `word; speech` and tama 霊 `spirit; soul` (or 魂 `soul; spirit; ghost`) voiced as dama in rendaku. In contrast, the unvoiced kototama pronunciation especially refers to `study of kotodama`, which was popularized by Onisaburo Deguchi in the Oomoto religion. This field takes the Japanese go...