The story
- Japanese · borrowed from霊気
- English todayreiki
1970s, from Japanese 霊気 (reiki, literally “spiritual chi/ki”).
Words from the same roots
Japanese霊気 all →
reiki usui
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
reiki
Today it means: A Japanese form of pseudomedicine that involves transferring chi through one's palms. Full definition →
Japanese 霊気