What is "spirit away"

vb. (context transitive English) To remove without anyone's noticing.

1. v. carry off mysteriously; as if by magic [syn: spirit off]

2. carry away rapidly and secretly, as if mysteriously

The expression to "spirit away" means to remove without anyone's noticing.

means "spirited away". Kamikakushi is used to refer to the mysterious disappearance or death of a person that happens when an angered god takes a person away. In pre-modern Japan children would often disappear in this way and be rediscovered several days later in a shrine or temple, consistently telling a story of being swept away by a god.