かみさま
God, the divine
The god with the highest honorific on the end, which is how you address one rather than how you describe one. Calm me かみ, sir さま, I asked for something: かみさま.
神 かみ on its own is a god, and Shinto has a great many of them. 神様 is the one you actually speak to.
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