神

→ English: kami

Ainu language
Japanese language
Korean language
Kyūjitai
Old Japanese language
Proto-Japonic language
Shinjitai

⟨kami₂⟩ → */kamɨ/ → /kami/
From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kamui.
Not related to 上 (kami₁ → kami, “top, upper”) or 髪 (kami, “hair”).
Often appears in compounds as kamu- or kan-, indicating that kami is an unbound form deriving from */kamui/. Such apophony has occurred in other Japanese terms, such as 目 (me, ma-, “eye”) or 酒 (sake, saka-, “sake, liquor”). See also WT:AJPX#Standalone forms and combining forms.
Compare Korean 검 (geom, “god, spirit”) and Ainu カムイ (kamuy, “god”).

(Shinto) a spirit or an essence present in all things, the main subject of worship of Shinto


串

/kusi/ → /kuɕi/
From Old Japanese. Appears in the Nihon Shoki, finished CE 720.
Cognate with 櫛 (kushi, “comb”).

其の御幣の串に書付て奉りたりける

sono gohei no kushi ni kakitsukete tatematsuritarikeru

That branch of streamers, written and presented...

any slender object that can pierce other objects, especially:

(Shinto) Short for 玉串 (tamagushi): a branch of a 榊 (sakaki) tree used as a Shinto offering


宮

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
ja:松村明

/mi₁ya/ → /miya/
From Old Japanese. A compound of 神 or 御 (mi, “spiritual honorific”) + 屋 (ya, “house”).

compound

Miya. ミヤ (宮) 神 (Camis)の社.

(Shinto) the place where a god resides: a shrine


幣

(Shinto) paper or cloth offered on skewers before a shrine (see also 幣(へい) (hei))


幣

(Shinto) a staff with cut paper streamers, offered to the gods


幣

(Shinto, historical) material, non-comestible offerings to the gods, often textiles


尊

From Old Japanese.
Derived from 御 (mi-, honorific prefix) + 事 (koto, “thing, matter”).

高皇産霊尊

高皇産霊 たかみむすひの

(Shinto) indicates respect and reverence, such as to the 神 (kami, “Shinto deity”) or the 天皇 (tennō, “Emperor of Japan”): Highness


弓

Bow (music)
Bow and arrow
Man'yōshū
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Yumi
ja:弓 (楽器)
ja:弓 (武器)

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE), with a phonetic spelling of 由美 ⟨yumi₁⟩, */yumʲi/. A surface analysis suggests a combination of Old Japanese 弓 (yu, “bow”) + suffixing element mi, phonologically distinct from Old Japanese 身 (mi₂ /*mɨ/, “body”) but otherwise of uncertain derivation.

梓弓

a bow made from the wood of the Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa

破魔弓

a traditional Shintō ceremonial bow for dispel evil

鏃 (yajiri): arrowhead; 簳 (yagara): arrow-shaft; 羽 (hane): arrow-fletching

仗, 杖: yumi stave; 弦: yumi bowstring; 矢: an arrow; 靫): a quiver; 胸当て: kyudo plastron/chestguard; 弽: kyudo glove; 弩

(Shinto) a type of kagura (sacred Shinto song and dance) intended to drive away evil


斎

From Old Japanese.
Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 斎く (itsuku, “to worship”).

破夜歩佐波阿梅珥能朋利等弭箇既梨伊莵岐餓宇倍能娑奘岐等羅佐泥

阿梅珥能朋利 あめにのぼり

娑奘岐等羅佐泥 さざきとらさね

hayabusa wa ame ni nobori tobikakeri itsuki ga ue no sazaki torasane

(Shinto) Short for 斎皇女 (itsuki no miko):


斎

From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of 斎 (yu) below.

(Shinto) added to spiritual nouns to indicate purity and holiness: holy, pure, sacred


斎

From Old Japanese. Possibly a doublet of 斎 (i) above.


政

政 (canonical)
matsurigoto (romanization)

政を為すは猶沐するが如し

matsurigoto o nasu wa nao moku suru ga gotoshi

Possibly from Old Japanese.
Originally a compound of 祭り (matsuri, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 祭る (matsuru), “to enshrine, worship”) + 事 (koto, “matter, thing”). The koto changes to goto as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

太政官

太政 おおいまつりごとの

(especially in Shinto) a festival, ritual


榊

榊 (canonical)
榊 (canonical)
sakaki (romanization)

Extended shinjitai
Kyūjitai
Shinjitai
The Tale of Genji

The initial saka is cognate with verb 栄える (sakaeru, “to prosper, thrive”), while the final ki is definitely 木 (ki, “tree”).

賢木

Sakaki, tenth chapter of The Tale of Genji

a tree of species Cleyera japonica, considered sacred in Shinto

any evergreen tree planted within precincts of a Shinto shrine


殯

(Shinto) A funerary practice of enshrining the deceased in a casket at a special location during a period of mourning before a formal burial, specifically for royalty or nobility


獏

獏 (canonical)
獏 (canonical)
baku (romanization)


次

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of Old Japanese-derived verb 次く (suku, “to follow, to continue from something, to be next;”).
The verb form was obsolete even in olden times. Existence of the verb, possibly related to tsugu mentioned above, is inferred from placenames found in the Man'yōshū and other ancient poetry.

(Shinto) at the 大嘗祭 (Daijōsai) and other major Shintō ceremonies, refers to the group of regional representatives making offerings of sake and grain, who do so after the initial offering


灯

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 明かす (akasu, “to go through the whole night”).

(Shinto, Buddhism) a light (or lighted lamp) offered to a kami or buddha


禊

→ English: misogi

From Old Japanese, though the original pronunciation of the initial miso is likely unknown.
The term itself is derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 禊ぐ (misogu, “to perform ablutions (on someone)”, archaic).
Some sources suggest that this might be derived further from a compound of 身 (mi, “body”) + 注ぎ (sosogi, “pouring over, into, onto”), or alternatively from 水 (mi, “water”) + 注ぎ (sosogi, “pouring over, into, onto”). Considering that 身 had an ancient reading of ⟨mi₂⟩, while 水 had an ancient reading of ⟨mi₁⟩, the latter is a better potential match.

恋せじと御手洗川にせしみそぎ神はうけずぞなりにけらしも

koiseji to mitarashigawa ni seshi misogi kami ni ukezu zo narinikerashi mo

Longing [or “loving”] no more and purified by ritual ablution at the river of cleansing, the gods seemed to accept it not at the end.

(Shinto) a form of ritual purification performed with water; compare English ablution

風そよぐならの小川の夕暮れはみそぎぞ夏のしるしなりける

kaze soyogu Nara-no-ogawa no yūgure wa misogi zo natsu no shirushi narikeru

Rustling winds among the oak [leaves] at river Nara dusk-eventime; the lustration rites are but a sign ’tis still summertime.

(Shinto, particularly) a purification ritual held in shrines on the last day of the sixth lunar month


襷

(archaic, Shinto) a shoulder-tied cord, to mark one's purification to serve the gods


襅

/tipaja/ → /t͡ɕifaja/ → /t͡ɕihaja/
First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).
Probably related to verb 千早ぶ (chihayabu, “to move or act ferociously, with terrible godly power”), itself an alteration from 逸早ぶ (ichihayabu, “to move or act quickly and strongly”), deriving from adjective 逸早し (ichihayashi, “strong and fast; extremely fast”).

(Shinto) a ceremonial overcoat with unsewn sides, worn by shrine maidens for certain ceremonies such as kagura


誓

誓 (canonical)
ukei (romanization)
ukefi (romanization)
うけひ (hiragana historical)

アマテラスとスサノオの誓約

(archaic, Shinto, Japanese mythology) an "oath", a ritual in which whether something is true or false, right or wrong, good or evil, etc. is judged based on whether the stated outcome of an act comes true as expected


鯱

鯱 (canonical)
鯱 (canonical)
shachi (romanization)

(Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger


龗

⟨okami₁⟩ → */okamʲi/ → /okami/
From Old Japanese.

吾岡之於可美尓言而令落雪之摧之彼所尓塵家武

waga oka no okami ni iite furashimeshi yuki no kudakeshi soko ni chirikemu

(Japanese mythology) a dragon kami of water (rain, snow, etc.)


齣

齣 (canonical)
齣 (canonical)
koma (romanization)

Probably cognate with 小間, 細 (koma, “small; a small piece of something”).

(film, animation, manga) a frame of a comic or film


狒々

狒々 (canonical)
狒々 (canonical)
hihi (romanization)

(Japanese mythology, folklore) a hihi (Japanese monkey-like yokai)


少女

ja-noun

少(しょう)女(じょ) • (shōjo) ^(←せうぢよ (seudyo)?)

少女 (canonical)
shōjo (romanization)
seudyo (romanization)
せうぢよ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese compound 少女 (MC syewX|syewH nrjoX|nrjoH). Compare modern Mandarin 少女 (shàonǚ).

少女歌劇

少女歌劇 しょうじょかげき

a kind of traditional Japanese light drama with no male actors and mostly young girls playing the parts

少女趣味

少女趣味 しょうじょしゅみ

hobbies or interest common to young girls

(anime, manga) a style of anime and manga made for young women, shojo


少女

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 乙 (oto, “young, little”) + 女 (me, “female, girl”). Compare 男 (otoko, “man”), originally meaning "young boy".

少女さび

behavior appropriate to an adult unmarried woman

a type of sea vegetable in order Ectocarpales

young woman who dances kagura at a shrine

少女文楽

少女文楽 おとめぶんらく

a kind of one-person puppet show performed by girls or young women

(Shinto) a young woman dancer performing at the 五節 (Gosechi) ceremony in the eleventh lunar month


アニメ

→ English: anime

→ Malay: anime

→ Spanish: anime, ánime

→ Portuguese: anime, animé, animê

→ Russian: аниме (anime)

→ Hindi: ऐनिमे (ainime)

→ Burmese: အာနီမေ (anime)

→ Turkish: anime

Anime
Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors
ja:アニメ
ja:松村明

Clipping of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation.
Not directly related to French animé (“animated”).

(animation, anime) anime, Japanese animation


TS

ちなみに、なぜ日本で「TS」が一般的になったかというと、私が「yaysの性転換の館」開始時に、性同一障害に関するサイトから「TS」という用語を拝借してきて盛んに使っていたのも一因かもしれません。

2000, Yaesu, 八重洲メディアリサーチ [Yaesu Media Research], archived from the original on 2000-09-19:

By the way, as for why 'TS' became popular in Japan, it might be because when I started 'Yays Gender Transformation Mansion,' I borrowed the term 'TS' from websites related to gender dysphoria and used it extensively.

F氏「ＴＳの定義についての明記なんですが一体ＴＳの定義って・・・・？例の決まりあるあの一言でいいのかな？「このサイトは男性が女性、あるいは女性が男性に変化するようなことを主題として扱っているサイトです〜」

2000 May 28, Mr. F, “TS学入門 [Introduction to TS Studies]”, in TS-WEEK, archived from the original on 2006-06-06:

"Regarding specifying the definition of TS... what exactly is the definition of TS? Is it enough to have that one specified phrase like, 'This site deals with themes where men become women, or vice versa'?"

ＴＳＦという言葉が使われ始める前（１９９９，２０００年頃）には、Ｔｒａｎｓｓｅｘｕａｌの略語であるＴＳという言葉が、前述のＴＳＦの意味と同様の意味を表す言葉として用いられていました。この用法は、八重洲性転換の館（現：八重洲メディアリサーチ）の主催者である八重洲さんの提案によるものです。なお、今でも多くの人がＴＳＦと同じ意味でＴＳという言葉を使っています。

2015 June 4, F_TSF, “ＴＳＦとは [What is TSF?]”, in TSFのF [blog], archived from the original on 2015-08-10:

Before the term TSF came into use, the abbreviation "TS," standing for Transsexual, was used to convey a similar meaning around 1999-2000. This usage was proposed by Yaesu-san, the organizer of Yaesu Gender Transformation Mansion (now: Yaesu Media Research). Many people still use the term "TS" with the same meaning as TSF.

(fiction) genderswap; genderbend; sex change


天女

From Middle Chinese 天女 (MC then nrjoX|nrjoH, literally “heavenly female; deva female”).

ltc-l

(Chinese god, Japanese mythology) a female inhabitant of heaven; a heavenly female


神器

(Shinto) an item used in Shinto ceremonies to worship a god


神主

ja-noun

神(かん)主(ぬし) • (kannushi) ^(←かむぬし (kamunusi)?)

神主 (canonical)
kannushi (romanization)
kamunusi (romanization)
しんしゅ (alternative hiragana)
shinshu (Rōmaji)
かむぬし (hiragana historical)


水神

Probably from Middle Chinese 水神 (MC sywijX zyin, literally “water god”).

ltc-l

There are numerous such kami.

(mythology, Shinto): a Japanese god of water


ポケモン

desc

→ Arabic: بوكيمون

→ Arabic: بوكيمون

→ Belarusian: Покемон (Pokjemon)

→ English: Pokémon

→ Greek: Πόκεμον (Pókemon)

→ Hebrew: פוקימון

→ Hebrew: פוקימון

→ Hindi: पोकेमोन (pokemon)

→ Korean: 포켓몬 (pokenmon)

→ Mandarin: 寶可夢／宝可梦 (Bǎokèmèng)

→ Cantonese: 寶可夢／宝可梦 (bou² ho² mung⁶)

→ Russian: Покемон (Pokemon)

→ Tamil: போகெமொன் (pōkemoṉ)

→ Thai: โปเกมอน

→ Thai: โปเกมอน

→ Telugu: పోకెమొన్ (pōkemon)

→ Urdu: پوکیمون (pokemon)

→ Ukrainian: Покемон (Pokemon)

ポケットモンスター ポケットモンスター#Japanese

Clipping of ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā, “Pocket Monster”); a Pokémon


天狗

→ Chinese: 天狗 (tiāngǒu) (reborrowed for the Japanese sense)

→ English: tengu

→ French: tengu

→ Korean: 텐구 (ten'gu)

→ Russian: тэ́нгу (tɛ́ngu)

Nihon Shoki
Shugendō
Tengu
Tiangou
ja:天狗

From Middle Chinese 天狗 (MC then kuwX, “heaven + dog”). First appears in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).
The Chinese version of tengu (Tiangou) was originally more of a dog-like spirit or falling star. As the term and idea were imported into Japanese, the character became associated with 修験道 (“Shugendō, a kind of syncretism of Buddhist and native Japanese elements”), and the Japanese tengu changed to resemble either a long-nosed 山伏 (yamabushi, “mountain monk”, a practitioner of Shugendō) with bright-red skin, or a crow.

天狗蝙蝠: Murina hilgendorfi

天狗蝙蝠 てんぐこうもり

天狗星

a kind of shooting star, one that includes a loud sound and a bright light

a place on a tree where many small branch grow

a microbial infection of cherry and other trees that causes a cluster of many small branch and knot

1999 September 23, “カラス天(てん)狗(ぐ) [Crow Tengu]”, in Vol.5, Konami:

An omniscient tengu. They say it uses divine power.

様々なことを知っている天狗。神通力が使えるという。

Samazama na koto o shitte iru tengu. Jintsūriki ga tsukaeru to iu.

(Japanese mythology, Shinto, folklore) a tengu, a mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose


アニメーション

[a̠ɲ̟ime̞ːɕõ̞ɴ]

From English animation, from Latin animātiō, from animāre.


魔法

Apparently from Middle Chinese compound 魔法 (MC ma pjop, literally “devil, magic + law, method”). Compare modern Min Nan reading mô͘-hoat.

魔法少女

魔法少女 まほうしょうじょ

The arts of magic, spellcraft, witchcraft, wizardry, sorcery.


東方

ja-pos

東(とう)方(ほう) • (Tōhō)

Short for 東方Project (Tōhō Purojekuto, “Touhou Project, a popular bullet hell video game series”).


GHQ

GHQ (canonical)
Jī-eichi-kyū (romanization)

[d͡ʑiːe̞ːt͡ɕikʲɨː]

From English GHQ (“General Headquarters”).

(Japanese history) Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers


神仏

[ɕĩmbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 神 (shin, “deity, god, kami”) + 仏 (butsu, “Buddha, Buddhism”).


化身

Daijirin
Daijisen
Incarnation
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Nirmāṇakāya
ja:NHK出版
ja:NHK放送文化研究所
ja:化身
ja:松村明

From Middle Chinese 化身 (MC xwaeH syin, “transformation + body”), itself a translation of Sanskrit निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya, “body of transformations”).
Very rarely encountered with the reading kashin, using the kan'on reading of ka for the 化 character instead of the usual goon reading of ke. Most resources do not include the kashin reading.

der

(Buddhism, Shinto) a physical manifestation of a Buddha, bodhisattva, kami, or other divine or mystical being


黄泉

*⟨yo₂mo₂⟩ → */jəmə/ → ⟨yo₂mo⟩ → */jəmo/ → /jomo/
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki, the oldest extant historical record of ancient Japan, compiled in 712 CE. Appears to be the older combining form of yomi (see below).
The ablaut or apophonic form of cognate 山 (yama, “mountain”). Mountains were often used as a place to bury the dead and were strongly associated with the afterlife.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 黃泉／黄泉 (huángquán, literally “yellow springs”), incorporating the underworld from Chinese mythology.

obor

(Shinto, archaic) the land of the dead; the afterworld, underworld

黄泉つ醜女

demoness inhabitant of the land of the dead

黄泉つ平坂

hill of the dead, lying between this world and the afterlife

黄泉つ竈食い

eat from the kitchen of the dead → dying, death


黄泉

*⟨yo₂mi₂⟩ → */jəmwi/ → /jomi/
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE) alongside its combining form yomo (see above).
The ablaut or apophonic form of yomo. For this vowel alternation, see WT:AJPX#Standalone forms and combining forms.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 黃泉／黄泉 (huángquán, literally “yellow springs”), incorporating the underworld from Chinese mythology.

(Shinto) the land of the dead; the afterworld, underworld

甦る

to return from the land of the dead → to be reborn

黄泉の旅人

traveler to the land of the dead → someone who has died


黄泉醜女

黄泉醜女 (canonical)
yomo tsu shikome (romanization)

Compound of 黄泉 (yomo, “underworld, land of the dead”, combining form) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 醜女 (shikome, “ferocious and ugly demoness who lives in the land of the dead”).

compound

712: Kojiki
於是伊邪那岐命、見畏而逃還之時、其妹伊邪那美命、言令見辱吾、即遣豫母都志許賣此六字以音。令追。

于時、伊奘冉尊恨曰、何不用要言、令吾恥辱、乃遣泉津醜女八人、一云、泉津日狹女、追留之。

ferocious and ugly demon women of the underworld


黄泉竈食い

ja-noun

黄泉(よもつ)竈(へ)食(ぐ)い • (yomotsuhegui) ^(←よもつへぐひ (yomotufegufi)?)

黄泉竈食い (canonical)
yomotsuhegui (romanization)
yomotufegufi (romanization)
よもつへぐひ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 黄泉(よも) (yomo) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 竈食(へぐ)い (hegui).

ja-compound

712: Kojiki
爾伊邪那美命答白、悔哉、不速來。吾者爲黄泉戸喫。

720: Nihon Shoki
吾已湌泉之竃矣。 [...] 湌泉之竃、此云譽母都俳遇比

eating food prepared from the kettle in the underworld; it is believed that once this food is eaten, the dead may never return to the land of the living


稲荷

/inanari/ → /inari/
Originally a compound of 稲 (ina, “rice plant”) + 生り (nari), the stem form of verb 生る (naru, “to fruit, to go to seed”).
The 荷 character is ateji, in reference to "bearing".

稲荷大神: God Inari

稲荷大神 いなりおおかみ

稲荷神社

稲荷神社 いなりじんじゃ

a shrine dedicated to the god Inari, usually with a statue of a fox in front

稲荷講: an Inari shrine association in Kyōto

(Japanese mythology): god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success


神籬

/hi₁boro₂ki₁/: [piborəki] → [piboroki] → [ɸiboroki] → [çiboroki]. From earlier himoroki. Medial bilabial -m- loses nasality and becomes a plosive -b-.

神籬 日本紀私記云、神籬、俗云比保路岐

938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō:

Divine grove The Nihongi Private Records call it a divine grove, commonly called hiboroki

(Shinto), a holy area surrounded by a barrier of trees; used as a place to summon and worship gods


霊気

ja-noun

霊(れい)気(き) or 霊(れい)気(ぎ) or 霊(りょう)気(げ) • (reiki or reigi or ryōge) ^(←りやうげ (ryauge)?)

霊気 (canonical)
霊気 (canonical)
霊気 (canonical)
reiki (romanization)
reigi (romanization)
ryōge (romanization)
ryauge (romanization)
りやうげ (hiragana historical)

(anime, manga) qi or life-force, spiritual power or energy


馬頭

馬頭 (canonical)
Mezu (romanization)
Medu (romanization)
めづ (hiragana historical)

Calque of Sanskrit अश्वशीर्ष (aśvaśīrṣa).

cal

(Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) Horse-Head, one of the two guardians of hell


八紘一宇

ja-noun

八(はっ)紘(こう)一(いち)宇(う) • (hakkō ichiu) ^(←はっくゎういちう (fakkwauitiu)?)

八紘一宇 (canonical)
hakkō ichiu (romanization)
fakkwauitiu (romanization)
はっくゎういちう (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 八紘一宇／八纮一宇 (bāhóngyīyǔ)

→ Korean: 팔굉일우 (palgoeng'iru)

八紘 (hakkō, “eight corners”) + 一宇 (ichiu, “one roof”) ≅ “the eight corners of the earth [united] under a single roof”
The concept originates from a passage in the Nihon Shoki (720): 兼六合以開都、 掩八紘一而為宇, in which Emperor Jimmu declares Kashihara to be the capital of the lands. Originally limited to context of Japan as a whole, but in 1903 Tanaka Chigaku first used it in reference to world unification. Widely used around 1937 during the Sino-Japanese War, the phrase was later included in the July 26, 1940 national policy known as Kihon Kokusaku Yōkō (基本国策要綱) during the Fumimaro Konoe administration.

during World War II, used as a nationalistic slogan to rationalize overseas expansion


怪盗

怪(かい)盗(とう) • (kaitō) ^(←くわいたう (kwaitau)?)

怪盗 (canonical)
kaitō (romanization)
kwaitau (romanization)
くわいたう (hiragana historical)

Uncertain. May be from Middle Chinese 怪盜 (kˠuɛiᴴ dɑuᴴ, literally “peculiar thief”), or alternatively may be a coinage in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of 怪 (kai, “phantom”) + 盗 (tō, “stealing, thievery; thief”).

compound

1999 March 27, “魅(み)惑(わく)の怪(かい)盗(とう) [The Bewitching Phantom Thief]”, in Vol.2, Konami:

A smug phantom thief in a black cape. He mesmerizes his opponents with a mere cane swing.

黒いマントをはおるキザな怪盗。杖を振って、相手を魅了する。

Kuroi manto o haoru kiza na kaitō. Tsue o futte, aite o miryō suru.

2007 March 15, Gosho Aoyama, “ゴールデン・アイの巻(まき)【前(ぜん)編(ぺん)】 [Golden Eye (First Chapter)]”, in まじっく快(かい)斗(と) [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:

News of the showdown in Japan… between the French phantom thief Chat Noir and you is spreading all over Paris…

パリじゃ評判になってるよ…フランスの怪盗黒猫が日本で君と対決するとね…

Pari ja hyōban ni natteru yo… Furansu no kaitō Sha Nowāru ga Nippon de kimi to taiketsu suru to ne…

a mysterious "phantom thief" in Japanese fiction, who excels at theatrics and evading capture and who steals for thrill rather than for personal gain


獣耳

獣耳 (canonical)
獣耳 (canonical)
kemonomimi (romanization)

Compound of 獣 (kemono, “animal, beast”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”).

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(neologism) kemonomimi; animal ears, as worn or possessed by a human or humanoid


記紀

Abbreviation of 古事記 (Kojiki, “Records of Ancient Matters”) and 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki, “Chronicles of Japan”).

abbrev

記紀歌謡

記紀神話

the Records of Ancient Matters and the Chronicles of Japan (the two oldest book of Japanese history)


GL

[d͡ʑiːe̞ɾɯ̟]

ガールズラブ ガールズラブ#Japanese

Initialism of ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu, “girls' love”).

NL

heterosexual love; normal love; nonke love


鎌鼬

鎌鼬 (canonical)
kamaitachi (romanization)

鎌 (kama, “sickle”) + 鼬 (itachi, “weasel”).


BL

ボーイズラブ ボーイズラブ#Japanese

Initialism of ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu, “boys' love”).


大東亜共栄圏

ja-pos

だいとうあ きょうえいけん

大(だい)東(とう)亜(あ)共(きょう)栄(えい)圏(けん) • (Daitōa Kyōeiken)

大東亜共栄圏 (canonical)
Daitōa Kyōeiken (romanization)

だいとーあきょーえーけん

[da̠ito̞ːa̠ kʲo̞ːe̞ːkẽ̞ɴ]

Compound of 大(だい)東(とう)亜(あ) (Daitōa, “Japan's name for the Far East and Southeast Asia during World War II”) + 共(きょう)栄(えい)圏(けん) (kyōeiken, “a group of nations joining hands to prosper together”)
A slogan promulgated during World War II by the Japanese government and military used as a means to rationalize rule over Asia.

ja-compound

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere


愛蔵版

ja-noun

愛(あい)蔵(ぞう)版(ばん) • (aizōban) ^(←あいざうばん (aizauban)?)

愛蔵版 (canonical)
aizōban (romanization)
aizauban (romanization)
あいざうばん (hiragana historical)

Compound of 愛蔵 (aizō, “to treasure or cherish something”, literally “to love something and keep it safe”) + 版 (han, “version, edition”). The han changes to ban as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


けっかい

(manga, anime) on a small scale, meaning a projected energy barrier, force field, or shield; and on a larger scale, meaning a pocket universe, spiritual or otherwise


高天原

高天原 (canonical)
takama no hara (romanization)

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Compound of 高 (taka, “high”) + 天の原 (ama no hara, “plains of heaven”), with the final -a of taka dropped due to haplology.

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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Takamagahara (the realm of the gods, as opposed to the realm of mortals and the realm of the dead)


萌え

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 萌 (méng, “moe”)

→ English: moe, moé

→ Korean: 모에 (mo'e, “moe”)

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 萌える (moeru, “to bud, sprout; be aroused”).
The "feelings of affection towards a fictional character" sense likely first appeared in the early 1990s.

(anime, manga slang) moe: feelings of affection towards a fictional character


鬼法

(Buddhism) the practices of demons or evil spirits


天狐

(mythology, Shinto): A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes.


式神

ja-noun

式(しき)神(がみ) or 式(しき)神(じん) • (shikigami or shikijin)

式神 (canonical)
式神 (canonical)
shikigami (romanization)
shikijin (romanization)

Compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami due to rendaku (連濁).
Alternately, compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) + 神 (jin, “god, spirit”).

compound

A kind of familiar spirit, summoned-up in service as a servant to the will of a practitioner of the onmyōdō (陰陽道) religion, very much like a western familiar.


魔法少女

ja-noun

魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) • (mahō shōjo) ^(←まはふせうぢよ (mafafuseudyo)?)

魔法少女 (canonical)
mahō shōjo (romanization)
mafafuseudyo (romanization)
まはふせうぢよ (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese:

zh-l

馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

Mandarin: 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

Mandarin: 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

→ Korean: 마법소녀(魔法少女) (mabeopsonyeo)

→ English: magical girl (calque)

From 魔法(まほう) (mahō) + 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo).

(manga, anime) magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)


変身

Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Shapeshifting
ja:変身

Probably from Middle Chinese as compound 變身 (MC pjenH syin, “change” + “body; self”). Compare modern Mandarin 變身／变身 (biànshēn).
First attested in Japanese in 1060.

ltc-l

shapeshifting, a transformation of one's body, particularly of a human into some other creature or form


変身

A shout called out when metamorphising into one's powerful alter-ego. Found in tokusatsu, mecha and magical girl fiction.


変身

変身する (canonical)
henshin suru (romanization)
変身し (stem)
変身した (past)
変身し
へんしんし
henshin shi
変身する
へんしんする
henshin suru
変身すれ
へんしんすれ
henshin sure
変身せよ (imperative literary)
変身しろ (colloquial imperative)
へんしんせよ (imperative literary)
へんしんしろ (colloquial imperative)
henshin seyo (imperative literary)
henshin shiro (colloquial imperative)
変身される (passive)
へんしんされる (passive)
henshin sareru (passive)
変身させる (causative)
変身さす (causative)
へんしんさせる (causative)
へんしんさす (causative)
henshin saseru (causative)
henshin sasu (causative)
変身できる (potential)
へんしんできる (potential)
henshin dekiru (potential)
変身しよう (volitional)
へんしんしよう (volitional)
henshin shiyō (volitional)
変身しない (negative)
へんしんしない (negative)
henshin shinai (negative)
変身せず (continuative negative)
へんしんせず (continuative negative)
henshin sezu (continuative negative)
変身します (formal)
へんしんします (formal)
henshin shimasu (formal)
変身した (perfective)
へんしんした (perfective)
henshin shita (perfective)
変身して (conjunctive)
へんしんして (conjunctive)
henshin shite (conjunctive)
変身すれば (conditional hypothetical)
へんしんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
henshin sureba (conditional hypothetical)

to shapeshift, to transform physically into some other creature or form


河童

/kapawarapa/ → /kawawappa/ → /kawappa/ → /kappa/
Originally a compound of 川 (kapa → kawa, “river”) + 童 (warapa → wappa, “child”).

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1999 September 23, “ひょうすべ [Hyōsube]”, in Vol.5, Konami:

A kappa boss with low defense strength, but surprisingly high attack strength.

カッパの親分。攻撃力は意外と高い。守備力は低め。

Kappa no oyabun. Kōgekiryoku wa igai to takai. Shubiryoku wa hikume.

2000 July 13, “サイコ・カッパー [Psycho Kappar]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:

This kappa evades attack damage with his ESP.

いろいろな超能力を使い、攻撃のダメージを防ぐカッパ。

Iroiro na chōnōryoku o tsukai, kōgeki no damēji o fusegu kappa.

(Japanese mythology, folklore) a river-dwelling imp or monster from Japanese folklore


直霊

直霊 (canonical)
直霊 (canonical)
naohi (romanization)
naobi (romanization)

荒魂 (aratama): courage

和魂 (nigitama): friendship

奇魂 (kushitama): wisdom

幸魂 (sakitama): love

a philosophy in Shintoism; refers to the positive aspects of the 四(し)魂(こん) (shikon) within one's heart:


幸魂

幸魂 (canonical)
sakimitama (romanization)

(Shinto, philosophy) one of the 四(し)魂(こん) (shikon) within one's heart and pertains to one's own "loving nature"


禍津日

禍津日 (canonical)
magatsuhi (romanization)

See 禍(まが)津(つ)日(ひの)神(かみ) (magatsuhi no kami).

ja-r

まが%つ%ひ の %かみ

short for 禍津日神 (magatsuhi no kami, “gods of misfortune”).


四魂

a philosophy in Shintoism; within one's own heart there exists four 'souls', in either their positive (直霊(なおび) (naobi) and/or negative (禍津日(まがつひ) (magatsuhi) aspects, and that it is the interactions between these four souls, in either aspect, and in varying amounts and levels, that can influence the ups and downs in that person's character, good or bad.


荒魂

Compound of 荒 (ara, “rough, wild, violent”) + 御 (mi, honorific prefix) + 霊, 魂 (tama, “soul”).

compound

(Shinto, rare) one of the four souls of one's spirit, or one of the four aspects of a kami, manifesting characteristics of wildness and violence, possibly also decisiveness and courage


半妖

(anime, manga) half-human, half-demon(?) characters; often due to one parent being human and the other being demon


土神

(mythology, Shinto) a god of the land or soil


火神

火神 (canonical)
kajin (romanization)
kwazin (romanization)
くわじん (hiragana historical)

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 火神 (MC xwaX zyin, literally “fire + god”).
First attested in 1103 in the 中右記 (Chūyū-ki), a diary spanning some 50 years of life in the imperial court.

ltc-l

(mythology, Shinto, possibly archaic) a god of fire, another name for Kagutsuchi


雷神

(mythology, Shinto): the Japanese god of thunder and lightning


天神

[tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

From Middle Chinese 天神 (MC then zyin). Compare modern Mandarin 天神 (tiānshén, “god, godhead, divinity”).

cog

天神七代 てんじんしちだい

天神七代: the seven generation of gods in Shintō mythology

(Japanese mythology) all gods in the 高天原 (Takama ga Hara, “Plain of High Heaven”), the heavenly abode ruled by 天照 (Amaterasu)


仙法

仙術: a specific technique of mystical sagehood

(fantasy, manga) magic, spellcraft, witchcraft, wizardry, sorcery


風神

Probably from Middle Chinese 風神 (MC pjuwng zyin). Compare modern Mandarin 風神／风神 (fēngshén).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto): the Japanese god of the wind


祖神

From Middle Chinese compound 祖神 (MC tsuX zyin). Compare modern Mandarin 祖神 (zǔshén).

(mythology, Shinto) the deification of an ancestor

(mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, as an ancestor of the imperial family


古田

古田 (canonical)
Furuta (romanization)
古田 (canonical)
Futta (romanization)

Compound of 古(ふる) (furu, “old, worn out”, noun) + 田(た) (ta, “field, paddy”). Literally, “old (rice) field”.

ja-com

A neighborhood of Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture.

A neighborhood of Motoyama, Kōchi Prefecture.

A neighborhood of Kawachi, Tochigi Prefecture.

A neighborhood of Harima, Hyōgo Prefecture.

A neighborhood of Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture.

A neighborhood of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture.


村雨

(Japanese fiction) a character in Kan'ami's Noh play Matsukaze


大幣

(Shinto) a wooden wand with paper streamers attached, used in Shinto rituals for purification


幣束

(Shinto) wooden wands, decorated with two shides (zigzag paper streamers) used in Shinto rituals


祓串

祓串 (canonical)
haraegushi (romanization)

(Shinto) wooden wand decorated with shide (zigzag paper streamers), used for purification in Shinto rituals


御幣

(Shinto) implement used in Shintō rituals, consisting of two 紙垂(かみしで) (kamishide, “zigzag paper streamers used extensively in Shintō”) attached to a wooden or bamboo pole.


天照

天照 (canonical)
天照 (canonical)
Amaterasu (romanization)

Daijirin
Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Man'yōshū
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten

From Old Japanese. Mentioned in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.
Superficially, a compound of 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something, to shine upon something”). However, this derives instead as an honorific form of compound verb 天照る (amateru, “to shine in heaven”), as the 照らす (terasu) is not the usual transitive or causative conjugation of the intransitive verb 照る (teru, “to shine, to light up”), but rather an example of the verb with the Old Japanese honorific verb suffix す (-su).
As a verbal epithet, also found in some older texts with the reading Amaderasu, where the terasu changes to derasu as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The name appears to be consistently used without voicing, as Amaterasu.

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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess


鎖国

鎖国する (canonical)
sakoku suru (romanization)
鎖国し (stem)
鎖国した (past)
鎖国し
さこくし
sakoku shi
鎖国する
さこくする
sakoku suru
鎖国すれ
さこくすれ
sakoku sure
鎖国せよ (imperative literary)
鎖国しろ (colloquial imperative)
さこくせよ (imperative literary)
さこくしろ (colloquial imperative)
sakoku seyo (imperative literary)
sakoku shiro (colloquial imperative)
鎖国される (passive)
さこくされる (passive)
sakoku sareru (passive)
鎖国させる (causative)
鎖国さす (causative)
さこくさせる (causative)
さこくさす (causative)
sakoku saseru (causative)
sakoku sasu (causative)
鎖国できる (potential)
さこくできる (potential)
sakoku dekiru (potential)
鎖国しよう (volitional)
さこくしよう (volitional)
sakoku shiyō (volitional)
鎖国しない (negative)
さこくしない (negative)
sakoku shinai (negative)
鎖国せず (continuative negative)
さこくせず (continuative negative)
sakoku sezu (continuative negative)
鎖国します (formal)
さこくします (formal)
sakoku shimasu (formal)
鎖国した (perfective)
さこくした (perfective)
sakoku shita (perfective)
鎖国して (conjunctive)
さこくして (conjunctive)
sakoku shite (conjunctive)
鎖国すれば (conditional hypothetical)
さこくすれば (conditional hypothetical)
sakoku sureba (conditional hypothetical)

to close a country to foreigners, especially to trade with foreigners


慰安婦

ja-noun

慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) • (ianfu) ^(←ゐあんふ (wianfu)?)

慰安婦 (canonical)
ianfu (romanization)
wianfu (romanization)
ゐあんふ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 慰安 (ian, “consolation, comfort”) + 婦 (fu, “a woman”).

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(more specifically) such a woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War


アヘ顔

→ English: ahegao

→ Korean: 아헤가오 (ahegao)

→ Mandarin: 阿嘿顏／阿嘿颜 (āhēiyán)

→ Persian: آهگائو (âhegâ'o)

→ Russian: ахэга́о (axɛgáo)

→ Tajik: аҳегао (ahegao)

→ Ukrainian: aхеґао (axegao)

Compound of アヘアヘ (aheahe, “panting, as from physical exertion or sexual arousal”, onomatopoeia) + 顔 (kao, “face”). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

(slang) ahegao (an exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm)


竜神

(Shinto) a dragon god also known as 海神(わたつみ) (Watatsumi), the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology


福禄寿

福禄寿 (canonical)
Fukurokuju (romanization)

[ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ɾo̞kɯ̟ʑɨ]

From Middle Chinese 福祿壽／福禄寿 (Fú-Lù-Shòu). Considered in Japan to be one of the Seven Lucky Gods starting from the Muromachi Period.

(Shinto): Fukurokuju; a god of happiness, wealth, and longevity, and one of the seven gods of good fortune

布袋

the fat and happy god of abundance and good health

弁才天, 弁財天

goddess of knowledge, art and beauty, especially music


御札

From 御 (o-, “honorific prefix”) + 札 (fuda, “tag, note”).

護符

a protective charm issue by a Shinto shrine

破魔矢

a decorative arrow used as a ward against evil

(Shinto) talisman or amulet issued by a Shinto shrine


山犬

山犬 (canonical)
山犬 (canonical)
yamainu (romanization)

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
ja:ヤマイヌ
ja:松村明

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 犬 (inu, “dog”).

(Japanese mythology) an apparition of a dog that may appear to travelers on mountain roads, and that may be either friendly or murderous to travelers

送り犬

canine apparition appearing to travelers


誓い

誓い (canonical)
chikai (romanization)
tikafi (romanization)
ちかひ (hiragana historical)

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 誓(ちか)う (chikau, “to swear, vow”).

ja-etym-renyokei

(Shinto, Buddhism) vow that the Buddha pledged to save sentient beings


十拳の剣

ja-noun

^とおつか-の-^つるぎ

十拳の剣 (canonical)
Tōtsuka-no-Tsurugi (romanization)

[to̞ːt͡sɨka̠ no̞ t͡sɨɾɯ̟ɡʲi]

(Japanese mythology) the Ten-hands Longsword

天羽々斬

天羽々斬 あまのはばきり

蛇之麁正

蛇之麁正 おろちのあらまさ


神人

Compound of 神 (kami, “god, spirit”) + 人 (hito, “person”). The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

神人の手に取りもたる榊葉に / 木綿かけ添ふる深き夜の霜

kamibito no te ni torimotaru sakakiba ni / yufu kake sofuru fukaki yo no shimo

the deep night's frost accompanies the ceremonial ties / on the sakaki leaves held in the hands of the priests


神人

[ka̠mʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕɨ]

From Okinawan 神人, in turn from 神 (kami, “god, spirit”) + ん (n, possessive particle, reduced form of ぬ (nu)) + 人 (tchu, “person”).

af

possessive particle, reduced form of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ryu">ぬ</i> (nu)

(Okinawa, Shinto) Synonym of 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”)


絵馬

絵馬 (canonical)
ema (romanization)
wema (romanization)
ゑま (hiragana historical)

(Shinto) an ema, a small wooden plaque on which Shinto worshippers write their prayers or wishes, usually with the picture of a horse on it


蛭子

蛭子 (canonical)
Hiruko (romanization)
蛭子 (canonical)
Ebisu (romanization)

Hiruko: Given the spelling in 古事記 (Kojiki) (水蛭子) and the 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki) (蛭兒), and the fact that Hiruko was considered a deformed failure owing to the improper courtship ritual between 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and 伊弉冉 (Izanami), this name is usually interpreted as 蛭 (“leech”) + 子 (“child”). Alternatively, this could be the male equivalent of 日孁 (Hirume, “Amaterasu”, literally “Sun Female”), hence 日 (hi, “sun”) + る (ru, possible variant of archaic genitive particle ろ) + 子 (ko, “child”), although his association with the sun was never clearly stated.

possible variant of archaic genitive particle <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">ろ</i>

(Japanese mythology) son of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and 伊弉冉 (Izanami), born either before or after 淡路島 (Awajishima, “Awaji Island”) during his parents' nation birthing process (his "siblings" included islands), considered a deformed failure, disowned by his parents, and sent adrift on reed boat


月読

月読 (canonical)
月読 (canonical)
Tsukiyomi (romanization)

Shift from Old Japanese 月讀 (tukuyo₂mi₁), using the modern reading of 月 (tsuki, “moon”).

(Japanese mythology) Short for 月読尊 (Tsukiyomi no mikoto): Tsukuyomi, the moon god in Shinto mythology

月読宮

Tsukiyomi-no-miya, a shrine to Tsukuyomi in the Miyajiri area of Ise, Mie Prefecture


座敷童

座敷童 (canonical)
zashiki warashi (romanization)

Compound of 座敷 (zashiki, “house; Japanese-style parlor”) + 童 (warashi, “child”).

compound

(Japanese mythology, Tōhoku) a kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house, generally not malevolent, and thought to bring good fortune to the house


須佐之男

ja-pos

須(す)佐(さ)之(の)男(お) or 須佐之男(スサノオ) • (Susanoo) ^(←すさのを (Susanowo)?)

須佐之男 (canonical)
須佐之男 (canonical)
Susanoo (romanization)
Susanowo (romanization)
すさのを (hiragana historical)

Uncertain, with many possible derivations. One of the more compelling explanations is that this is a compound of すさ (susa, “roughness, wildness”, root word unattested in isolation, but found in terms such as 凄まじい (susamajii, “terrible, dreadful”) or 荒む (susamu, “to be wild, to be savage”)) + の (no, possessive particle) + 男 (o, “man”). In this case, 須佐 (Susa) would be ateji (当て字).
Another theory is that this may be a compound of 須佐 (Susa, name of a place in Japan, where the god is supposed to have first touched earth) + の (no, possessive particle) + 男 (o, “man”).

lang

神道の本：八百万の神々がつどう秘教的祭祀の世界

神道の本：八百万の神々がつどう秘教的祭祀の世界

(Shinto, Japanese mythology) Susanoo, the Japanese god of storms


伊邪那岐

ja-pos

伊(い)邪(ざ)那(な)岐(ぎ) or 伊邪那岐(イザナギ) or 伊(い)邪(ざ)那(な)岐(き) or 伊邪那岐(イザナキ) • (Izanagi or Izanaki)

伊邪那岐 (canonical)
伊邪那岐 (canonical)
伊邪那岐 (canonical)
伊邪那岐 (canonical)
Izanagi (romanization)
Izanaki (romanization)

Uncertain. The pronunciation of the name shifted from Izanaki to Izanagi. The older Izanaki is still used as an alternative reading.
Possible etymologies
* Old Japanese いざ (iza, a beckoning interjection or call similar to hey and the root of verb 誘う (izanau, “to beckon, to call; to tempt”)) + な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle, superseded by の (no)) + き (ki, “male”, common element in Japanese male given names)
*: This theory dates to 1798 in the 古事記伝 (Kojiki-den, “Commentaries on the Kojiki”) by Motoori Norinaga, a scholar of ancient Japanese. This etymology would suggest that the name Izanagi meant something like “the (male) caller, the (male) beckoner”, perhaps in reference to Izanagi's calling forth of the islands of Japan from the sea.
* iza as alteration of isa from 功 (isao, “deed, exploit”) + な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle) + き (ki, “male”)
*: This dates to the 1954 book 神代史の新研究 (Jindaishi no Shin Kenkyū, “New Research into the Chronicles of the Age of Gods”) by Kurakichi Shiratori. A possible flaw is that isao derives from older adjectival form isawoshi, and further truncation from isao to isa might seem unlikely. However, isa is found as a root in other words such as 勇める (isameru, “to add power to: to encourage, to urge onwards”) or 鯨, 勇魚 (isana, “whale”, apparently isa “power” + na “fish”).
* izana as alteration of ishana in Buddhist term 伊舎那天 (Ishanaten, the ruler of the sixth heaven of the realm of cravings) + き (ki, “male”)
*: This theory is one of the older ones, dating to a text in 1339 by Kitabatake Chikafusa, the 神皇正統記 (Jinnō Shōtōki, “Chronicles of the Authentic Lineages of the Divine Emperors”). The ishana in Ishanaten is a borrowing from Sanskrit ईशान (īśāna, “lord, ruler”), which is suggestively also used in Sanskrit as an epithet for Vishnu, the Hindu god of creation and existence. A possible flaw is that it may be unlikely to use a borrowed Buddhist term for a native creation god. However, Buddhism arrived in Japan around 552 (possibly even centuries earlier), or at least some 160 years before the first mention of Izanagi, perhaps leaving time for borrowed words to gain acceptance.

com

(Japanese mythology) Izanagi, the Japanese creator god, and the father of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susanoo


伊邪那美

ja-pos

伊(い)邪(ざ)那(な)美(み) or 伊邪那美(イザナミ) • (Izanami)

伊邪那美 (canonical)
伊邪那美 (canonical)
Izanami (romanization)

Appears to be of identical derivation as 伊邪那岐 (Izanagi), only replacing the last syllable き (ki, “male”, common element in Japanese male given names) with み (mi, “female”, common element in Japanese female given names). See the 伊邪那岐 entry for further details. The kanji are ateji (当て字).

(Japanese mythology) Izanami, the Japanese creator goddess, wife of Izanagi, and mother of Kagutsuchi


神楽女

An unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine, helping to receive visitors and performing 神楽 (kagura) dances at ceremonies, among other responsibilities.


御籠もり

御籠もり (canonical)
o-komori (romanization)

From 御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 籠もり (komori, “shutting oneself, secluding oneself”).

prefix

(Shinto, Buddhism, polite) a retirement for prayer to a kami or buddha


御籠もり

御籠もりする (canonical)
o-komori suru (romanization)
御籠もりし (stem)
御籠もりした (past)

(Shinto, Buddhism, polite) to retire and pray


神楽

/kamu kura/ → /kankura/ → /kaŋɡura/ → /kaɡura/
From Old Japanese.
Originally a compound of 神 (kamu, “spirit, god”, combining form) + 座 (kura, “seat”). The kura changes to gura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The original compound referred to the place used to call down the 神 (kami, “spirits and gods”) to earth, when a 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”) would act as a medium for the kami. Over time, the term came to refer to the music and dance of the ceremony. The use of the 楽 character here is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), reflecting the change in meaning.

roughly

Kagura Uta: Juggling to Entertain the Gods

also known as Yamada Yama and site of Yamada Jinja

神楽月

alternate name for the eleventh lunar month

神楽坂

a place in the east of Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo

神楽笹: alternate name of 阿亀笹

Shibataea kumasaca, a species of short leafy bamboo

or 唐竹蘭

a species of fairy bell, Disporum cantoniense

red-light district euphemism for hairiness

神楽舎

the roofed stage at a shrine or imperial palace for performing kagura

神楽巫女, 神楽神子

a woman, generally unmarried, who performs kagura

神楽銭

money received in thanks for a kagura performance

神楽草: alternate name for 狐の孫

Justicia procumbens, also known as water willow

神楽太鼓

large taiko drum used in kagura performances

(Shinto) sacred dancing and music performed at Shintō ceremonies, often by miko, to honor Shintō spirits and gods


伊邪那美命

ja-pos

伊邪那美命(いざなみ) or 伊邪那美命(イザナミ) • (Izanami)

伊邪那美命 (canonical)
伊邪那美命 (canonical)
Izanami (romanization)

(Shinto): Izanami, the Japanese creator goddess; the wife of Izanagi.


伊弉冉尊

伊(い)弉(ざ)冉(な)尊(み) or 伊弉冉尊(イザナミ) • (Izanami)

伊弉冉尊 (canonical)
伊弉冉尊 (canonical)
Izanami (romanization)

(Shinto) Izanami, the Japanese creator goddess; the wife of Izanagi.


寿老人

(Shinto) Jurōjin, Japanese god of longevity

恵比須

god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.

布袋

the fat and happy god of abundance and good health.

弁才天

The Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.

吉祥天

the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.

大黒

the god of wealth, commerce and trade. Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and represented as carvings or masks on the walls of small retail shops.


毘沙門

[bʲiɕa̠mõ̞ɴ]

(Shinto) Bishamonten, Japanese name for the Hindu god Vaiśravaṇa


大黒

(Shinto, たいこく) Daikokuten, Japanese name for the Hindu god Mahākāla


木花開耶姫

木花開耶姫(このはなのさくやひめ) or 木花開耶姫(このはなのさくやびめ) • (Konohananosakuya-Hime or Konohananosakuya-Bime)

木花開耶姫 (canonical)
木花開耶姫 (canonical)
Konohananosakuya-Hime (romanization)
Konohananosakuya-Bime (romanization)

From Old Japanese. Mentioned in the Kojiki of 712 and the Nihon Shoki of 720.
Compound of 木 (ko, “tree”, ancient combining form) + の (no, possessive particle) + 花 (hana, “flower”) + 咲く (saku, “to bloom”) + や (ya, unclear, possibly the ya used to form classical -na adjectives referring to the perception of a state) + 姫 (hime, “princess”).
Also encountered with a shifted reading, wherein the hime changes to bime as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

(Shinto, Japanese mythology) the goddess of Mount Fuji, the blossom-princess and symbol of delicate earthly life

Kojiki
Konohanasakuya-hime
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Nihon Shoki
ja:木花開耶姫


恵比須

ja-pos

恵(え)比(び)須(す) or 恵比須(ゑびす) • (Ebisu) ^(←えびす (Ebisu)?)

恵比須 (canonical)
恵比須 (canonical)
Ebisu (romanization)
えびす (hiragana historical)

(Shinto, Japanese mythology) Ebisu, the Japanese god of fishermen, commerce and merchants, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health and well-being of small children

福禄寿

the god of happiness, wealth and longevity

毘沙門, 毘沙門天

毘沙門天 びしゃもんてん

布袋

the fat and happy god of abundance and good health

弁才天

Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers

吉祥天

the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities

地蔵

bodhisattva who looks over children and travelers


布袋

(Shinto) Hotei, Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health

弁財天: the Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati

毘沙門天

毘沙門天 びしゃもんてん

大黒, 大黒天

the god of wealth, commerce and trade. Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and represented as carvings or masks on the walls of small retail shops


ガールズラブ

→ English: girls' love, GL

→ Chinese: GL

[ɡa̠ːɾɯ̟zɨɾa̠bɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from girls + love


内人

(Shinto) a priest ranked below 禰宜(ねぎ) (negi, “second priest”) and 神主(かんぬし) (kannushi, “chief priest”) in a Shinto shrine


別天津神

ja-noun

別(こと)天(あま)津(つ)神(かみ) • (koto ama tsu kami)

別天津神 (canonical)
koto ama tsu kami (romanization)

Compound of 異 (koto, “different, separate”) + 天 (ama, “heaven”, ancient compounding reading) + つ (tsu, ancient possessive particle) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”).
The use of 別 to spell koto is an example of semantic jukujikun (熟字訓). The use of 津 to spell the particle tsu is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).

compound

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the collective name for the five gods that came into existence at the time of the creation of the universe


にじこん

二次コン: (anime, manga) The feeling or opinion that two-dimensional anime or manga characters are more attractive (visually, physically or emotionally) than real-life people.


アンソロジー

[ã̠ɰ̃so̞ɾo̞ʑiː]

(manga, specifically) official fan work collection


少年愛

ja:少年愛
ja:少年愛 (少女漫画)

少年愛 (canonical)
shōnen'ai (romanization)

[ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɰ̃a̠i]

少(しょう)年(ねん) (shōnen, “boy”) + 愛(あい) (ai, “love”)

ja-compound

(manga) yaoi, boy's love, shounen ai (a subgenre of manga depicting love affairs between young men or boys)


鍛冶神

Compound of 鍛冶 (kaji, “forge”) + 神 (shin, “god”).

(Japanese mythology) Kajishin, the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing


天津麻羅

ja-pos

天(あま)津(つ)麻(ま)羅(ら) or 天津麻羅(アマツマラ) • (Amatsumara)

天津麻羅 (canonical)
天津麻羅 (canonical)
Amatsumara (romanization)

Phrase consisting of 天 (ama, “heaven”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + まら (mara). The 津 is ateji. The mara portion is of unknown origin, but theories include:
* Alteration from 目占 (meura, “eye divination”), suggesting one-eyed, from how a smith will visually check the temperature of the working metal by looking at it with one eye, or possibly from the way that many smiths lose an eye in the course of their work.
* From a Mongolian word mara meaning iron.
* From Sanskrit-derived Buddhist term 摩羅 (mara, “penis”), by metaphor for a smith's hammer.
The second theory is problematic, as there does not appear to be any Mongolian term with a pronunciation similar to mara that means iron, or even steel or metal or smith. The third theory is problematic as the Buddhist term came into Japanese later than the formative period for myths naming Amatsumara. Thus, if the first theory is accepted as the most likely, Amatsumara is likely the same god as 天目一個 (Amanomahitotsu, literally “heaven's one-eyed”).

compound

(Japanese mythology) Amatsumara, the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing

天目一箇

天目一箇 あまのまひとつ


迦具土

ja-pos

迦(か)具(ぐ)土(つち) or 迦具土(カグツチ) • (Kagutsuchi)

迦具土 (canonical)
迦具土 (canonical)
Kagutsuchi (romanization)

[ka̠ɡɯ̟t͡sɨ̥t͡ɕi]

Originally an Old Japanese compound of かぐ (kagu, obsolete verb root meaning “to shine, to sparkle”, seen in modern verbs 耀う kagayou, 輝く kagayaku “to shine, to sparkle”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + ち (chi, “power, life force”, found as root component in terms 命 inochi “life”, 力 chikara “power, strength”). The kanji are ateji (当て字).

com

(Japanese mythology) Kagutsuchi (the fire god, who, when he was born, burnt his mother 伊弉冉 (Izanami)'s genitals, injured her, caused her to spontaneously birth more gods from her vomit, and eventually killed her, which then caused him to be killed by his father 伊弉諾 (Izanagi))


ネーム

ja-noun

ネーム • (nēmu)

2009 January 10, Tsugumi Ohba with Obata, Takeshi, “３(さん)ページ ペンとネーム [Page 3: Pens and Names]”, in BAKUMAN(バクマン)。 [BAKUMAN.], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:

It’s basically a rough sketch for manga. First you make one and show it to the editor, and only if it’s okayed can you go ahead with the draft. You may have to do it over a couple of times till it gets okayed. Though good manga artists can just pass with the storyboard alone.

マンガの下描きみたいなもん まずこれを描いて編集者に見せてＯＫが出たら初めて原稿にできる ＯＫが出るまでは何度でも描き直し もっともネームで見せていいのはマンガ家としての才能を認められた奴な

Manga no shitagaki mitai na mon Mazu kore o kaite henshūsha ni misete ōkē ga detara hajimete genkō ni dekiru ōkē ga deru made wa nando demo kakinaoshi Motto mo nēmu de misete ii no wa mangaka toshite no sainō o mitomerareta yatsu na

(manga) a manga storyboard, focusing on the words in the speech or thought bubbles to help determine the drawing and frame layout


八幡神

八幡神 (canonical)
Hachimanjin (romanization)

(mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of archery and tutelary deity to samurai


八幡

(Shinto mythology) Short for 八幡神 (Hachimanjin): the Japanese god of archery and tutelary deity to samurai

八幡神

(Shinto) Short for 八幡宮 (Hachimangū): a shrine to Hachimanjin


木花咲耶姫

ja-pos

木花咲耶姫(このはなのさくやひめ) or 木花咲耶姫(コノハナノサクヤヒメ) • (Konohananosakuya-Hime)

木花咲耶姫 (canonical)
木花咲耶姫 (canonical)
Konohananosakuya-Hime (romanization)

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the goddess of Mount Fuji, the blossom-princess and symbol of delicate earthly life


八百万

ja-noun

八(や)百(お)万(よろず) • (yaoyorozu) ^(←やほよろづ (yafoyorodu)?)

八百万 (canonical)
yaoyorozu (romanization)
yafoyorodu (romanization)
やほよろづ (hiragana historical)

八百(やお) (yao, “eight hundred”) + 万(よろず) (yorozu, “ten thousand”)

ja-compound

(Shinto) eight million, used to depict the number of kami


天目一箇

ja-pos

天目一箇(あまのまひとつ) or 天目一箇(アマノマヒトツ) • (Amanomahitotsu)

天目一箇 (canonical)
天目一箇 (canonical)
Amanomahitotsu (romanization)

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing


結びの神

結びの神 (canonical)
Musubi no Kami (romanization)

Originally 産霊 (musuhi, “motive force, life force”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The musuhi portion is itself a compound of 産す (musu, “to happen, to develop, to grow”) + 霊 (hi, “mystical power”).
Musuhi no Kami is one of the kami of creation, responsible for producing heaven and earth and all things. The musuhi (“mystic power of growth”) eventually changed into musubi (“tying together”). The 結び spelling for this portion is an example of ateji. In popular culture, this kami is now responsible for romantic matchmaking.

compound

⇒ 産霊の神 (Musuhi no Kami)

(Japanese mythology, Shinto): one of the Japanese gods of creation


大山積命

ja-pos

^おおやまつみ の ^みこと

大山積命(おおやまつみのみこと) • (Ōyamatsumi no Mikoto) ^(←おほやまつみのみこと (Ofoyamatuminomikoto)?)

大山積命 (canonical)
Ōyamatsumi no Mikoto (romanization)
Ofoyamatuminomikoto (romanization)
おほやまつみのみこと (hiragana historical)

Originally a compound of 大 (ō, “great”) + 山 (yama, “mountain”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 神 (mi, “god, spirit”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 命 (mikoto, honorific epithet for gods). The use of 積 (tsumi, “packing; piling; loading”) to spell the tsu mi portion is an example of phonetic ateji.

compound

大山祇: (mythology, Shinto) the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo


神馬

ja-noun

神(しん)馬(め) or 神(しん)馬(ば) • (shinme or shinba)

神馬 (canonical)
神馬 (canonical)
shinme (romanization)
shinba (romanization)

horse, or sometimes ema, used to offer sacrifices in Japanese Shinto


化け猫

Compound of 化け (bake, “transformation, taking the form of; monster”, stem of verb 化ける (bakeru, “to transform, to change into something else”)) + 猫 (neko, “cat”).

compound

stem of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">化ける</i> (bakeru, “to transform, to change into something else”)

In Japanese folklore, this entity was believed to be a magical cat, sometimes capable of transforming itself into a person or various other forms.

(Japanese mythology) a monster cat; a goblin cat; a cat with magical powers


大黒天

大黒天 (canonical)
Daikokuten (romanization)

Middle Chinese 大黑天 (literally “Great Black Deva”)

der

(Buddhism, Shinto) Daikokuten, Japanese name for the Buddhist god Mahākāla

弁才天

The Japanese name for the Hindu and Buddhist goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.


古神道

ja-pos

古(こ)神(しん)道(とう) • (Koshintō) ^(←こしんたう (Kosintau)?)

古神道 (canonical)
Koshintō (romanization)
Kosintau (romanization)
こしんたう (hiragana historical)

Compound of 古 (ko, “old”) + 神道 (shintō, “Shintō”).

This focuses on Shintō as expressed mainly in classical writings such as the Kojiki; the Nihon Shoki; records of court ceremony, laws, and customs written by members of the Fujiwara clan in the 900s through 1100s CE, primarily the Engishiki, and the Daiki (台記) memoirs of Fujiwara no Yorinaga; and the Man'yōshū.

(religion, Shinto) a reconstruction of Shintō as practiced originally before any influence from Buddhism or Confucianism


七福神

七福神 (canonical)
Shichi Fukujin (romanization)

(Shinto, Buddhism) the Seven Gods of Good Fortune


大国主命

^おおくにぬし-の-みこと

大国主命 (canonical)
Ōkuninushi-no-mikoto (romanization)

(mythology, religion, Shinto): A kami of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good matches. His wife is Suseri-hime, the daughter of Susanoo.


としがみ

年神, 歳神: (Shinto) a god of rich harvests, celebrated in rural areas


としがみ

年神, 歳神: (Shinto) the god of the coming year, celebrated at New Years


年神

(mythology, Shinto): the kami associated with a new year


骨女

(Shinto): a bone woman: a female apparition who appears as a skeletal woman

雨女

a woman whose presence always seems to bring rain


大国主

大(おお)国(くに)主(ぬし) • (Ōkuninushi) ^(←おほくにぬし (Ofokuninusi)?)

大国主 (canonical)
Ōkuninushi (romanization)
Ofokuninusi (romanization)
おほくにぬし (hiragana historical)

[o̞ːkɯ̟ɲ̟inɯ̟ɕi]

Compound of 大 (ō, “great, grand”) + 国 (kuni, “country, nation”) + 主 (nushi, “lord; spirit or kami in charge of something”).

compound

(Shinto, mythology, Japanese mythology) a kami of nation-building, agriculture, medicine, and protective magic


三宝荒神

ja-pos

三(さん)宝(ぼう)荒(こう)神(じん) • (Sanbō Kōjin) ^(←さんぼうくわうじん (Sanboukwauzin)?)

三宝荒神 (canonical)
Sanbō Kōjin (romanization)
Sanboukwauzin (romanization)
さんぼうくわうじん (hiragana historical)

[sã̠mbo̞ː ko̞ːʑĩɴ]

(Japanese mythology, Shinto): the Japanese god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen


隠身

ja-noun

隠身(かくりみ) or 隠身(かくれみ) • (kakurimi or kakuremi)

隠身 (canonical)
隠身 (canonical)
kakurimi (romanization)
kakuremi (romanization)

(mythology, Shinto) hidden form, invisible form; metaphysical form (of a deity)


白無垢

白無垢 (canonical)
shiromuku (romanization)

[ɕiɾo̞mɯ̟kɯ̟]

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 無垢 (muku, “purity, immaculateness; unpatterned cloth that is all the same color, particularly a kimono with the same color inside and out”).

compound

(Shinto, weddings) a formal, ornate, brocaded, traditional pure-white-on-white type of bridal kimono


大山積神

ja-pos

^おおやまつみ の ^かみ

大山積神(おおやまつみのかみ) • (Ōyamatsumi no Kami) ^(←おほやまつみのかみ (Ofoyamatuminokami)?)

大山積神 (canonical)
Ōyamatsumi no Kami (romanization)
Ofoyamatuminokami (romanization)
おほやまつみのかみ (hiragana historical)

Originally a compound of 大 (ō, “great”) + 山 (yama, “mountain”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 神 (mi, “god, spirit”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”, also used as an honorific epithet for gods). The use of 積 (tsumi, “packing; piling; loading”) to spell the tsu mi portion is an example of phonetic ateji.


大山祇

ja-pos

大山祇(おおやまつみ) • (Ōyamatsumi) ^(←おほやまつみ (Ofoyamatumi)?)

大山祇 (canonical)
Ōyamatsumi (romanization)
Ofoyamatumi (romanization)
おほやまつみ (hiragana historical)

Originally a compound of 大 (ō, “great”) + 山 (yama, “mountain”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 神 (mi, “god, spirit”).

compound

(mythology, Shinto, Japanese mythology) the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo

大山積命

大山積命 おおやまつみのみこと

大山積神

大山積神 おおやまつみのかみ


八咫烏

八咫烏 (canonical)
Yatagarasu (romanization)
やたのからす (alternative hiragana)
Yata no Karasu (Rōmaji)

(Shinto) sacred three legged raven in Japanese mythology


八岐大蛇

ja-pos

八岐大蛇(やまたのおろち) or 八岐大蛇(ヤマタノオロチ) • (Yamata no Orochi) ^(←やまたのをろち (Yamatanoworoti) or ヤマタノヲロチ (Yamatanoworoti)?)

八岐大蛇 (canonical)
八岐大蛇 (canonical)
Yamatanoworoti (romanization)
やまたのをろち (hiragana historical)
ヤマタノヲロチ (hiragana historical)

From 八(や) (ya, “eight”) + 股(また) (mata, “crotch, branch, fork”) + 大蛇(おろち) (orochi, “python, large snake”). 岐 and 大蛇(おろち) (orochi) are jukujikun (熟字訓); see the latter for more.

ja-compound

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Yamata no Orochi, a legendary dragon that was slain by Susanoo


ラブライバー

Blend of Japanese ラブライブ！ (Rabu Raibu!, “Love Live!”) and English -er; equivalent to Love-Liver.

noncog

(neologism) A fan of the Love Live! franchise.


外伝

『とある科学の超電磁砲』は『とある魔術の禁書目録』の外伝である。

“Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan” wa “Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu” no gaiden de aru.

A Certain Scientific Railgun is a spin-off of A Certain Magical Index.


野衾

野衾 (canonical)
野衾 (canonical)
nobusuma (romanization)

野 (no-, “wild”) + 衾 (fusuma, “quilt”). The fusuma changes to busuma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

(Japanese folklore) Monster, 妖怪 (yōkai), resembling a Japanese giant flying squirrel or large bat said to eat tree fruits, blood of living creatures and fire

Another name for 鼯鼠 (musasabi): Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)

Another name for モモンガ (momonga): flying squirrel


篝屋

Compound of 篝(かがり) (kagari, “brazier; watchfire”) + 屋(や) (ya, “house”).

ja-com

guardhouse for the Kamakura defenders during the Kamakura period, where watchfires were lit at intersections in the night; warrior stationed at the guardhouse


彦星

From 彦 (hiko, “prince; lord”) + 星 (hoshi, “star”).

af

Cowherd
w:The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd

(Japanese mythology, folklore) Hikoboshi (Japanese version of the Chinese Cowherd)


織姫

From 織り (ori, “weaving”, stem of 織る (oru, “to weave”)) + 姫 (hime, “princess; lady”), a calque of Chinese 織女／织女 (zhīnǚ, literally “Weaver Girl”).

stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">織る</i> (oru, “to weave”)

cal

Weaver Girl
w:The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd

(Japanese mythology, folklore) Orihime; "Weaver Princess" (Japanese version of the Chinese Weaver Girl)


山姥

ja-noun

山(やま)姥(うば) or 山(やま)姥(んば) • (yamauba or yamanba)

山姥 (canonical)
山姥 (canonical)
yamauba (romanization)
yamanba (romanization)

山 (yama, “mountain”) + 姥 (uba, “old woman”).

com

1999 October 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “第(だい)４(よん)話(わ) 地(じ)念(ねん)児(じ) [Chapter 4: Jinenji]”, in [犬](いぬ)[夜](や)[叉](しゃ) [Inuyasha], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:

山姥⁉

山姥⁉

山姥⁉


百鬼夜行

ja-noun

百(ひゃっ)鬼(き)夜(や)行(ぎょう) • (hyakki yagyō) ^(←ひやくくゐやぎやう (fyakukwi yagyau)?)

百(ひゃっ)鬼(き)夜(や)行(こう) • (hyakki yakō) ^(←ひやくくゐやかう (fyakukwi yakau)?)

百鬼夜行 (canonical)
hyakki yagyō (romanization)
fyakukwi yagyau (romanization)
ひやくくゐやぎやう (hiragana historical)
百鬼夜行 (canonical)
hyakki yakō (romanization)
fyakukwi yakau (romanization)
ひやくくゐやかう (hiragana historical)

[ça̠k̚ʲkʲi ja̠ɡʲo̞ː]

(Japanese mythology) the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons


牛頭馬頭

ja-pos

牛(ご)頭(ず)馬(め)頭(ず) • (Gozu Mezu) ^(←ごづめづ (Godumedu)?)

牛頭馬頭 (canonical)
Gozu Mezu (romanization)
Godumedu (romanization)
ごづめづ (hiragana historical)

From 牛頭 (Gozu, “Ox-Head”) + 馬頭 (Mezu, “Horse-Head”). Compare Chinese 牛頭馬面／牛头马面 (niútóumǎmiàn, literally “Ox-Head and Horse-Face”).

zh-l

(Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the two guardians of hell


牛頭

牛頭 (canonical)
Gozu (romanization)
Godu (romanization)
ごづ (hiragana historical)

(Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of hell


海坊主

ja-noun

海(うみ)坊(ぼう)主(ず) • (umibōzu) ^(←うみばうず (umibauzu)?)

海坊主 (canonical)
umibōzu (romanization)
umibauzu (romanization)
うみばうず (hiragana historical)

an umibōzu, a type of round-headed sea monster


ビジュアルノベル

→ English: visual novel

→ Korean: 비주얼 노벨 (bijueol nobel)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from visual + novel


女郎蜘蛛

ja-noun

女(じょ)郎(ろう)蜘蛛(ぐも) or 女郎蜘蛛(ジョロウグモ) • (jorōgumo) ^(←じよらうぐも (zyoraugumo) or ジヨラウグモ (zyoraugumo)?)

女郎蜘蛛 (canonical)
女郎蜘蛛 (canonical)
jorōgumo (romanization)
zyoraugumo (romanization)
じよらうぐも (hiragana historical)
ジヨラウグモ (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ɾo̞ːɡɯ̟mo̞]

女郎 (jorō, “prostitute”) + 蜘蛛 (kumo, “spider”). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


ライトノベル

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 輕小說／轻小说 (qīngxiǎoshuō) (calque)

→ English: light novel (calque)

→ Korean: 라이트 노벨 (raiteu nobel)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from light + novel


土蜘蛛

土蜘蛛 (canonical)
土蜘蛛 (canonical)
tsuchigumo (romanization)

[t͡sɨ̥t͡ɕiɡɯ̟mo̞]

土 (tsuchi, “soil”) + 蜘蛛 (kumo, “spider”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).

com

jukujikun (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">熟字訓</i>)

tsuchigumo, a member of a race of spider-like yokai


自来也

Generally believed to be from the nickname of a legendary Chinese thief 我來也 recorded in 《諧史》 (13th century). The thief was said to write "I have come" ("我來也") everywhere he committed theft. 我 was changed to a near-synonym 自 in the earliest Japanese spin-off 自来也説話 (1806).


殺生石

ja-pos

殺(せっ)生(しょう)石(せき) • (Sesshōseki) ^(←せつしやうせき (Setusyauseki)?)

殺生石 (canonical)
Sesshōseki (romanization)
Setusyauseki (romanization)
せつしやうせき (hiragana historical)

Compound of 殺生 (sesshō, “killing”) + 石 (seki, “stone”).


立ち絵

zh-l

立繪／立绘 (lìhuì)

Chinese: 立繪／立绘 (lìhuì)

(anime, manga, video games) full-body standing drawing of a character


挿入歌

(anime) insert song; a piece of incidental music


異世界

→ English: isekai (noun), isekai (verb)

From 異 (i-, “different”) + 世界 (sekai, “world”).


たねポケモン

種 (tane, “seed”) + ポケモン (Pokemon, “Pokémon”)


ピカチュウ

Coined as a compound of ピカ (pika, “sparkle”, ultimately from the same root as 光る (hikaru, “to shine; to sparkle”)) + チュー (chū, “squeak”, onomatopoeia). Unrelated to the animal pika (ultimately from Evenki [Term?])

ultimately from the same root as <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">光る</i> (hikaru, “to shine; to sparkle”)


ポケットモンスター

ja-noun

^ポケット ^モンスター

desc

→ Chinese: 口袋妖怪 (Kǒudài Yāoguài) (calque)

→ English: pocket monster

→ Korean: 포켓몬스터 (Pokenmonseuteo)

พ็อกเก็ตมอนสเตอร์

→ Thai: พ็อกเก็ตมอนสเตอร์

→ Thai: พ็อกเก็ตมอนสเตอร์

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from pocket + monster, equivalent to ポケット (poketto) + モンスター (monsutā).

pseudo-loan

2019 July 11, numan, “『ポケットモンスター ソード・シールド』アニメイト限(げん)定(てい)特(とく)典(てん)が決(けっ)定(てい)！限(げん)定(てい)ポストカードがもらえるキャンペーンも [Animate limited edition perks for Pokémon Sword and Shield have been announced! There is also a campaign to get a limited number of postcards.]”, in Niconico News:

The Animate Limited Edition Pokémon Sword and Shield for Nintendo Switch will be available for preorder starting Friday, July 12, 2019! You can't miss the special offers for each download, as well as the special offers for linked purchases and preorder commemoration campaigns.

Nintendo Switch ソフト『ポケットモンスターソード・シールド』のアニメイト限定版が 2019年 7月 12日（金）より予約開始！それぞれのソフトの特典は勿論、連動購入特典、予約開始記念のキャンペーンも見逃せません。

Nintendō Suitchi sofuto “Poketto Monsutā Sōdo Shīrudo” no Animeito genteiban ga nisenjūkyū-nen shichigatsu jūni-nichi (kin) yori yoyaku kaishi! Sorezore no sofuto no tokuten wa mochiron, rendō kōnyū tokuten, yoyaku kaishi kinen no kyanpēn mo minogasemasen.


河伯

(Japanese mythology) Synonym of 河童 (kappa)


読み切り

読み切り (canonical)
yomikiri (romanization)

Nominalization of the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)み切(き)る (yomikiru, “to read completely”).
The manga sense arose from the way that yomikiri comics are standalone story lines that can be read completely in just one volume.

ja-etym-renyokei

(manga) a one-shot, a non-serialised story that is wholly contained in one volume (novel or comic book published as a single, standalone issue)


八路軍

八路軍 (canonical)
Hachirogun (romanization)

[ha̠t͡ɕiɾo̞ɡɯ̟̃ɴ]

(military, historical) Eighth Route Army


コマ

齣: (film, animation, manga) a frame of a comic or film


キービジュ

ja-noun

キービジュ • (kībiju)

キービジュアル キービジュアル#Japanese


キービジュアル

English: key visual

[kʲiː bʲiʑɨa̠ɾɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from key + visual


明治維新

ja-pos

明(めい)治(じ)維(い)新(しん) • (Meiji Ishin) ^(←めいぢゐしん (Meidiwisin)?)

明治維新 (canonical)
Meiji Ishin (romanization)
Meidiwisin (romanization)
めいぢゐしん (hiragana historical)

→ English: Meiji Restoration (calque)

→ Chinese:

zh-l

明治維新／明治维新 (Míngzhì Wéixīn)

Mandarin: 明治維新／明治维新 (Míngzhì Wéixīn)

[me̞ːʑi iɕĩɴ]


玉串

玉(たま) (tama, “treasure(d)”) + 串(くし) (kushi, “branch”).


外法箱

ja-noun

外(げ)法(ほう)箱(ばこ) • (gehōbako) ^(←げほふばこ (gefofubako)?)

外法箱 (canonical)
gehōbako (romanization)
gefofubako (romanization)
げほふばこ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 外法 (gehō, “non-Buddhist ways”, in reference to various traditions centering on tengu and witchcraft) + 箱 (hako, “box, casket, case”). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

a supernatural 'box' for containing paraphernalia for witchcraft and divination, such as dolls and animal and human skulls, used by 歩き巫女 (aruki miko, “itinerant miko”) for spirit channeling and related activities


⑨

The number 9 enclosed in a circle, used in enumerating lists.


⑨

ja-noun

⑨(まるきゅう) or ⑨(ばか) or ⑨(きゅう) • (maru-kyū or baka or kyū)

⑨ (canonical)
⑨ (canonical)
⑨ (canonical)
maru-kyū (romanization)
baka (romanization)
kyū (romanization)

A diagram of gameplay in the manual of Phantasmagoria of Flower View labelled Cirno with the legend "⑨ (⑨)" and the key "9. Idiot".

2008, “⑨destiny ～ ずっとチルノのターン”, in bit (lyrics), Rebirth, performed by Silver Forest:

⑨って言うな～

(fandom slang, endearing) The Touhou character Cirno, known affectionately as an idiot.


けもフレ

[ke̞mo̞ɸɯ̟ɾe̞]

けものフレンズ w:ja:けものフレンズ

Short for けものフレンズ (“Kemono Friends, a media franchise”).


子泣き爺

子泣き爺 (canonical)
konakijijī (romanization)

Compound of 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jijī, “old man”).

compound

(Japanese folklore) Shapeshifting monster, 妖怪 (yōkai), which for a ruse takes the form of either a helpless baby or tiny old man, crying near woodland trails and crushes passersby who stop to help as it transforms to devour them.


子泣き爺

子泣き爺 (canonical)
konakijiji (romanization)

Compound of 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jiji, “old man”).


天馬

(Japanese mythology, fiction) Heavenly steed


ボーイズラブ

→ English: boys' love, BL

→ Chinese: BL

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from boys + love


ダメカン

ダメージカウンター ダメージカウンター#Japanese

Clipping of ダメージカウンター (damēji kauntā, “damage counter”).


ツンデレ

→ English: tsundere

→ Korean: 츤데레 (cheundere)

→ Thai: ซึนเดเระ (sʉn-dee-ré)

Blend of つんつん (tsuntsun, “morosely, aloofly, offputtingly”, adverb) + でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey or infatuated manner”, adverb).

blend

(chiefly Japanese fiction) tsundere: a cold, nitpicky character, usually a girl, who conceals (without complete success) a bashfulness in the presence of their crush


ヤンデレ

→ English: yandere

→ Korean: 얀데레 (yandere)

→ Mandarin: 病嬌／病娇 (bìngjiāo)

Blend of 病んでる (yanderu, contraction of 病んでいる (yande iru, progressive tense of 病む (yamu, “to be sick”))) + でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).


下忍

Likely a clipping of compound 下(げ)人(にん) (genin, “low-ranked person”) + 忍(にん)者(じゃ) (ninja, “ninja”).


海神

ja-noun

海(わたつ)神(み) or 海(わた)神(がみ) or 海(わたの)神(かみ) • (watatsumi or watagami or wata no kami)

海神 (canonical)
海神 (canonical)
海神 (canonical)
watatsumi (romanization)
watagami (romanization)
wata no kami (romanization)
海神 (canonical)
kaijin (romanization)

Watatsumi: Old Japanese, 海 (“sea”) + つ (archaic genitive particle) + 神 (“spirit”)
Watagami: 海 + 神 (“god”)
Wata no kami: 海 + の (genitive particle) + 神 (“god”)
Kaijin: Middle Chinese 海神 (MC xojX zyin).

af

Coordinate term: 山祇 (yamatsumi)


禊ぐ

*⟨mi₁ so₂so₂ɡu⟩ → *⟨mi₁so₂ɡu⟩ → */misəɡu/ → /misoɡu/
From Old Japanese, continuative form misogi first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Derivation likely unknown, no known phonetic spellings attested in ancient literature.
* mi is likely 水 (/mi₁/, “water”) instead of 身 (/mi₂/, “body”). See also Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai for more detail on ancient spellings.
* sosogu (probably rendered as */səsəɡu/ in Old Japanese) is definitely 注ぐ (sosogu, “to pour over”), compare 濯ぐ (susugu, “to rinse”).

… 天川原尓出立而潔身而麻之乎高山乃石穂乃上尓伊座都類香物

...ama no kawara ni ide-tachite misogite mashi o takayama no iwao no ue ni imasetsuru ka mo

...to purify myself and pray on the Heavenly River's shore[, ah, that] I must leave him lying among the rocks of that lofty hill!

(Shinto, archaic) to perform misogi (purification ritual, ablution)


鎮魂

ja-noun

鎮魂(たましずめ) • (tamashizume) ^(←たましづめ (tamasidume)?)

鎮魂 (canonical)
tamashizume (romanization)
tamasidume (romanization)
たましづめ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 魂 (tama, “soul”) + 鎮め (shizume, “calming, pacifying, appeasing”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 鎮(しず)める (shizumeru, “to calm, to pacify, to appease”).).
The spelling is from Middle Chinese, from the chinkon reading above.

compound

(Shinto) short for 鎮魂の祭 (tamashizume no matsuri, “festival for the pacification of the souls of the dead”) or 鎮魂の式 (tamashizume no shiki, “ritual for the pacification of the souls of the dead”): a mass


鎮魂

ja-noun

鎮魂(みたましずめ) • (mitamashizume) ^(←みたましづめ (mitamasidume)?)

鎮魂 (canonical)
mitamashizume (romanization)
mitamasidume (romanization)
みたましづめ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 御霊 (mitama, “soul”) + 鎮め (shizume, “calming, pacifying, appeasing”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 鎮(しず)める (shizumeru, “to calm, to pacify, to appease”).).
The spelling is from Middle Chinese, from the chinkon reading above.
This reading with the mi- prefix appears to be less common than tamashizume above.

compound

(Shinto, archaic) (see tamashizume above)


羅生門

ja-pos

羅(ら)生(しょう)門(もん) or 羅生門(らせいもん) • (Rashōmon or Raseimon)

羅生門 (canonical)
羅生門 (canonical)
Rashōmon (romanization)
Raseimon (romanization)

[ɾa̠ɕo̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

[ɾa̠se̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

羅生門葛

羅生門葛 ラショウモンカズラ


ケモ耳

ケモ耳 (canonical)
ケモ耳 (canonical)
kemomimi (romanization)


大日本帝国

大(だい)日(にっ)本(ぽん)帝(てい)国(こく) • (Dainippon Teikoku)

大日本帝国 (canonical)
Dainippon Teikoku (romanization)

desc

→ Chinese: 大日本帝國／大日本帝国 (Dà Rìběn Dìguó)

→ Chinese: 大日本帝國／大日本帝国 (Dà Rìběn Dìguó)

대일본제국(大日本帝國)

→ Korean: 대일본제국(大日本帝國) (daeilbonjeguk)

l/vi/Hani

大日本帝國 (Đại Nhật Bản Đế quốc)

vi-l

大日本帝國 (Đại Nhật Bản Đế quốc)

→ Vietnamese: 大日本帝國 (Đại Nhật Bản Đế quốc)

From 大日本(だいにっぽん) (dainippon, “Japan”, poetic) + 帝国(ていこく) (teikoku, “empire”). Use of 大 for a name of empire is a Chinese tradition since the Tang dynasty.

ja-com

Constitution of the Empire of Japan
w:Constitution of the Empire of Japan

Empire of Japan (official name of Japan under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1890–1947)


猫娘

猫娘 (canonical)
猫娘 (canonical)
nekomusume (romanization)

2010 January 5, “Kaiteki raifu: Yamashiro, Ōboke yōkai mura [Mysterious life: Yamajiro, Oboke monster village]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, Tokushima regional edition, page 23:

The drums thunder fiercely, but at center stage a cute konaki jiji [ghost grandpa] sings. Dressed as a catgirl with a red ribbon, Yasuko Nonomiya (38, Yamashiro ward, Miyoshi city) provides lead vocals for the ghostly band.

ドラムも恐ろしげに響くが、ステージ中央では可愛らしい児啼爺も歌う。赤いリボンの猫娘に扮した野宮やすこさん（３８）＝三好市山城町上名＝がメーンボーカルを務める妖怪バンド。

Doramu mo osoroshige ni hibiku ga, sutēji chūō de wa kawairashī konaki jijī mo utau. Akai ribon no nekomusume ni fun shita Nonomiya Yasuko-san (３８) - Miyoshi-shi Yamashiro-chō Kamimyō - ga mēn bōkaru o tsutomeru yōkai bando.

catgirl (a mythical or fictional girl or woman resembling a cat)


(笑)

(manga) Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the speaker is laughing.


禰宜

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of Old Japanese verb 労ぐ (negu, “to pray for blessings or protection”).
The kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).

(Shinto) a Shinto priest, especially one serving under a 神主 (kannushi, “chief priest”), who is above the other priests in a Shinto shrine


鸕鷀草葺不合尊

ja-pos

^うがやふきあえず の ^みこと

^うがやふきあへず の ^みこと

鸕鷀草葺不合尊(うがやふきあえずのみこと) • (Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto) ^(←うがやふきあへずのみこと (Ugayafukiafezu no Mikoto)?)

鸕鷀草葺不合尊 (canonical)
Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto (romanization)
Ugayafukiafezu no Mikoto (romanization)
うがやふきあへずのみこと (hiragana historical)

From Old Japanese.
Short-form of 天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命 (Amatsuhiko Hikonagisatake Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto), attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

(Shinto, Japanese mythology) Ugayafukiaezu, the son of Hikohohodemi no Mikoto and Toyotamabime, and the father of Emperor Jimmu


天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命

^あまつひこ ^ひこなぎさたけ ^うがやふきあえず の ^みこと

^あまつひこ ^ひこなぎさたけ ^うがやふきあへず の ^みこと

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命(あまつひこひこなぎさたけうがやふきあえずのみこと) • (Amatsuhiko Hikonagisatake Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto) ^(←あまつひこひこなぎさたけうがやふきあへずのみこと (Amatufiko Fikonagisatake Ugayafukiafezu no Mikoto)?)

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命 (canonical)
あまつひこひこなぎさたけうがやふきあへずのみこと (hiragana historical)

[a̠ma̠t͡sɨçiko̞ çiko̞na̠ɡʲisa̠ta̠ke̞ ɯ̟ɡa̠ja̠ɸɯ̟kʲia̠e̞zɨ no̞ mʲiko̞to̞]

Attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
The name of the kami is derived from:
* 天 (ama, “heaven, sky”, combining form) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 彦 (hiko, “boy”, euphemism; here spelled 日高)
* 彦 (hiko, here spelled 日子) + 渚 (nagisa, “water's edge”, spelled with 波) + 丈 (take, “length; all”, spelled with 限建)
* 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) + 茅葺き (kayafuki, “thatched roof”, with rendaku (連濁) shift; spelled with 葺草葺) + 合えず (aezu, “not completing”), negative 已然形 (izenkei, “realis form”) of 合う (au, “to unite → to finish”, spelled with 不合)
* 命, 尊 (mikoto) is a sacred title suffixed to Shinto deities.
The irregular kanji spellings are a combination of ateji (当て字) and jukujikun (熟字訓).
The name of the deity would likely mean the “son of the god come from heaven, born before the hut at the water's edge had been completely thatched with cormorant feathers”.

sortkey

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命

^あまつひこ ^ひこなきさたけ ^うかやふきあえす の ^みこと

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命

^あまつひこ ^ひこなきさたけ ^うかやふきあえす の ^みこと

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命

^あまつひこ ^ひこなきさたけ ^うかやふきあえす の ^みこと


バルス祭り

バルス祭り (canonical)
barusu matsuri (romanization)

"balse festival": the mass tweeting of "balse!" that takes place when Castle in the Sky is broadcast on television

Castle in the Sky#Popular culture
ja:飛行石#滅びの呪文「バルス」によるインターネット上の現象


竈神

竈神 (canonical)
kamadogami (romanization)


葦原の中つ国

ja-noun

あしはら の なかつくに

葦(あし)原(はら)の中(なか)つ国(くに) • (ashihara no nakatsukuni)

葦原の中つ国 (canonical)
ashihara no nakatsukuni (romanization)

Literally, “middle land/country of reed beds”.

lit

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the realm of mortals, i.e. Japan itself (as opposed to the realm of the gods and the realm of the dead)


礼拝堂

ja-noun

礼(らい)拝(はい)堂(どう) • (raihaidō) ^(←らいはいだう (raifaidau)?)

礼拝堂 (canonical)
raihaidō (romanization)
raifaidau (romanization)
らいはいだう (hiragana historical)


松風

(Japanese fiction) Matsukaze, the eponymous character of a play by Kan'ami Kiyotsugu


令和

→ English: Reiwa

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 令和 (Lìnghé)

→ Korean: 레이와 (Reiwa)

→ Vietnamese: Reiwa, Lệnh Hoà, Lệnh Hòa

From the Literary Chinese foreword by Ōtomo no Tabito to poems 815-846 in the fifth book of the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE). Relevant part of the foreword:
:
于時、初春令月、氣淑風和、梅披鏡前之粉、蘭薫珮後之香。（初春の令月にして、気淑く風和らぎ、梅は鏡前の粉を披き、蘭は珮後の香を薫す。）
It was in new spring, in a fair month,
When the air was clear and the wind a gentle breeze.
Plum flowers blossomed a beauty's charming white
And the fragrance of the orchids was their sweet perfume.
The Man'yōshū passage alludes in turn to a rhapsody written in 138 CE by the Han polymath and statesman Zhang Heng, titled 歸田賦／归田赋 (Guītián Fù, “Return to the Field”). Below is the relevant part of the rhapsody with translation by Liu Wu-chi (1990), with slightly different choices of English for the same Chinese words:
:
With reference to both contexts, a general understanding of this kanji compound is thus along the lines of "good harmony", though it should be noted that this sense of "good" of the common character 令 (rei) is otherwise very rare.

quote

于時、初春令月、氣淑風和、&披鏡前之粉、蘭薫珮後之香。（初春の令月にして、気淑く風和らぎ、梅は鏡前の粉を披き、蘭は珮後の香を薫す。）

Then comes young spring, in a fine month,
When the wind is mild and the air clear.
Plains and swamps are overgrown with verdure
And the hundred grasses become rank and thick.

Return to the Field, by Zhang Heng, 138 CE

Yúshì zhòng chūn lìngyuè, shí hé qì qīng; yuán xí yù mào, bǎicǎo zī róng.

於是仲春令月，時和氣清；原隰鬱茂，百草滋榮。

于是仲春令月，时和气清；原隰郁茂，百草滋荣。

Han dynasty
Iwanami Shoten
Man'yōshū
Reiwa era
Return to the Field
Zhang Heng
ja:令和
Ōtomo no Tabito


形代

Compound of 形 (kata, “form, shape, model”) + 代 (shiro, “substitution, replacement”).

compound

流し雛: the practice of making dolls out of paper

carrying away one's impurities and sins with them

(Shinto) a traditional Japanese paper doll used in certain purification rituals


源氏物語

ja-pos

源(げん)氏(じ)物(もの)語(がたり) • (Genji Monogatari)

源氏物語 (canonical)
Genji Monogatari (romanization)

Chinese: 源氏物語／源氏物语 (Yuánshì Wùyǔ)

From 源氏 (Genji, short for 光源氏 (Hikaru Genji), its titular protagonist) + 物語 (monogatari, “story, tale”).

com

short for <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">光源氏</i> (Hikaru Genji), its titular protagonist

The Tale of Genji (novel by Murasaki Shikibu)


神棚

Compound of 神 (kami, “god, deity, spirit”) + 棚 (tana, “shelf”).
The tana changes to dana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

(Shinto) a household Shinto altar, consisting primarily of a shelf where the household may place any charms or other shrine items

霊屋

shrine dedicate to a specific individual


霊屋

Compound of 霊 (tama, “soul, essence, life force”) + 屋 (ya, “house; building”). First appears in the 1000s.
The term appears to be a shift in usage from the earlier terms 殯宮 (mogari no miya, araki no miya, literally “wake or mourning shrine”) and 喪屋 (moya, literally “funerary house”) seen in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.

日光東照宮は霊屋の一例です。

Nikkō Tōshōgū wa tamaya no ichirei desu.

The Nikkō Tōshōgū is one example of a tamaya, a shrine dedicated to an individual.

(Shinto) a shrine dedicated to a specific individual

(Shinto) a place where the remains of the dead are kept temporarily during a period of mourning, prior to burial at a formal funeral

(Shinto) a roof placed over a grave, sometimes built to shelter offerings, incense, and the like from the elements


霊屋

ja-noun

霊(れい)屋(おく) • (reioku) ^(←れいをく (reiwoku)?)

霊屋 (canonical)
reioku (romanization)
reiwoku (romanization)
れいをく (hiragana historical)

Likely from Middle Chinese 靈屋 (MC leng 'uwk).


さいのかみ

さえのかみ さえのかみ#Japanese

(Shinto) Alternative form of さえのかみ (sae no kami, “traveler's guardian deity”)


さえのかみ

さえのかみ • (sae no kami) ^(←さへのかみ (safenokami)?)

sae no kami (romanization)
safenokami (romanization)
さへのかみ (hiragana historical)


道祖神

道(どう)祖(そ)神(じん) • (dōsojin) ^(←だうそじん (dausozin)?)

道祖神 (canonical)
dōsojin (romanization)
dausozin (romanization)
だうそじん (hiragana historical)

[do̞ːso̞ʑĩɴ]

(Shinto) Dōsojin (traveler's guardian deity)


天神地祇

天(てん)神(じん)地(ち)祇(ぎ) or 天(てん)神(しん)地(ち)祇(ぎ) • (tenjin chigi or tenshin chigi)

天神地祇 (canonical)
天神地祇 (canonical)
tenjin chigi (romanization)
tenshin chigi (romanization)

[tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑiɲ̟ t͡ɕiɡʲi]

天神 (“heavenly gods”) + 地祇 (“earthly gods”)

af

(Japanese mythology) heavenly gods and earthly gods; all the gods


天香具山

天香具山 (canonical)
Ama no Kaguyama (romanization)

From Old Japanese 天香具山 (Ame₂ no₂ Kaguyama), using the bound apophonic form 天 (ama, “heaven”) in place of ame.

(Japanese mythology) the fabled mountain at the 高天原 (takama no hara, “heavens”)


祓戸

ja-noun

祓(はらえ)戸(ど) • (haraedo) ^(←はらへど (farafedo)?)

祓戸 (canonical)
haraedo (romanization)
farafedo (romanization)
はらへど (hiragana historical)

From 祓 (harae, “purification”) + 戸 (to, “door”, here used in the sense of “place”).
The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

com

(Shinto) a place where ritual purification is performed


祓戸

ja-noun

祓(はらい)戸(ど) • (haraido) ^(←はらひど (farafido)?)

祓戸 (canonical)
haraido (romanization)
farafido (romanization)
はらひど (hiragana historical)

From 祓 (harai, “purification”) + 戸 (to, “door”, here used in the sense of “place”).
The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Older reading.

com

(Shinto, archaic) a place where ritual purification is performed


神符

From Middle Chinese 神符 (MC zyin bju, literally “deity, god + symbol, mark; charm, talisman”). First cited to the 三教指帰 (Sangō Shiiki), a work by Kūkai from 797.

ltc-l

(Shinto) a type of 護符 (gofu, “talisman, amulet”) issued by a Shinto shrine, often featuring the name of the shrine


弁天

Shortened from 弁財天 / 弁(べん)才(ざい)天(てん) (Benzaiten).

several islands in Japan associated with the goddess Benzaiten

2007, Shin'ichirō Namiki, Shōwa no toshi densetsu [Shōwa era urban legends], page 39:

東西に細長く広がる公園の中央には噴水のある池があって、弁天様がまつられている。

Tōzai ni hosonagaku hirogaru kōen no chūō ni wa funsui no aru ike ga atte, Benten-sama ga matsurareteiru.

In the center of a long, narrow park extending east to west there is a pond with a fountain dedicated to Lady Benten.

(Buddhism, Shinto) Benzaiten, goddess of knowledge and art


アシ

アシスタント アシスタント#Japanese

(manga) Short for アシスタント (ashisutanto, “assistant”).


TSF

TSF (canonical)
tī-esu-efu (romanization)

[tʲiːe̞sɨe̞ɸɯ̟]

From English transsexual + fiction or fantasy.

基本的にはＴＳＦ（トランスセクシャルフィクション）という、男が女になってなんやかや、という作品ばかりです。

1999, 月下 [Gekka], 月下の図書館 [Library Under the Moonlight], archived from the original on 1999-10-08:

Basically, it's all about TSF (Transsexual Fiction), where men turn into women and various things happen, in those works.

ＴＳＦ小説というジャンル同様、ＴＳＦ嗜好もマイナーと言えます。

2000 December 31, 月華 [Gekka], “第一回「私がＴＳＦ小説を書く理由」 [The Reason Why I Write TSF Novels: Part One]”, in TS-WEEK, archived from the original on 2001-04-29:

Like the TSF novel genre, TSF preferences could also be considered niche.

ＴＳＦとは、「非現実的な事象によって精神が帰属する肉体の性別が変化することで、肉体的性別と精神的性別との差異が突如うまれる物語」の類型を表す言葉として使われています。

2016 July 19, F_TSF, “TSFジャンルについての私見 [My Thoughts on the TSF Genre]”, in TSFのF [blog], archived from the original on 2017-02-10:

TSF stands for "Transsexual Fiction," a term used to describe stories where the gender of the body to which the mind belongs changes due to unreal events, creating a sudden difference between physical and mental gender.

the crux of a TSF story relies on the biological change of the body

2017 July 26, Chiaki Hirai, “An Analysis of Magical Sex-Change (TSF) Manga”, in Anime Feminist, archived from the original on 2017-07-28:

I have come to the conclusion that there is no meaningful difference between the terms. TG (Trans-Gender), TSF (Trans-Sexual Fantasy or Trans-Sexual Fiction), Gender Bender, Gender Swap, or any related terminology, are all synonyms for the same concept.

2022 May 25, Natalie Neumann, “Natalie Rambles About TSF”, in Natalie.TF, archived from the original on 2022-12-01:

fiction with central themes of genderswapping, genderbending, or sex change


ウニフラ

[ɯ̟ɲ̟iɸɯ̟ɾa̠]

From ウニ (uni, “urchin”), a reference to its pointiness, and フラッシュ (furasshu, “flash”).

(manga) a form of speech bubble, where the border is made of lines emanating outwards from a circular shape

集中線

集中線 しゅうちゅうせん


天照大神

ja-pos

天(あま)照(てらす)大(おおみ)神(かみ) or 天(てん)照(しょう)大(だい)神(じん) • (Amaterasu Ōmikami or Tenshō Daijin) ^(←あまてらすおほみかみ (Amaterasu Ofomikami) or てんせうだいじん (Tenseu Daizin)?)

天照大神 (canonical)
天照大神 (canonical)
Amaterasu Ōmikami (romanization)
Tenshō Daijin (romanization)
Amaterasu Ofomikami (romanization)
Tenseu Daizin (romanization)
あまてらすおほみかみ (hiragana historical)
てんせうだいじん (hiragana historical)

[tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː da̠iʑĩɴ]

Amaterasu Ōmikami: Old Japanese, 天照らす (amaterasu, “to shine in heaven”) + 大御神 (ōmikami, literally “great august god”)
Tenshō Daijin: 音読み (on’yomi) of the spelling


カァ

ja-pos

カァ or かぁ • (kā)

カァ (canonical)
かぁ (canonical)
kā (romanization)

(manga) Onomatopoeia for embarrassed blushing.


めすおち

めすおち (canonical)
メスおち (canonical)
mesu-ochi (romanization)

From 雌(めす) (mesu, “female animal; vulgar: female person”) + 堕(お)ち (ochi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 堕(お)ちる (ochiru).”).

ja-compound

(Japanese fiction, vulgar) sluttification or sissyfication


ロリババア

ja-noun

ロリババア or ロリばばあ • (roribabā)

ロリババア (canonical)
ロリばばあ (canonical)
roribabā (romanization)

(slang, fiction) old woman (or supernaturally aged female being) with the body of a loli


さらし

晒, 晒し: (fiction) 晒し木綿 (sarashi momen, “bleached white cloth”) used as a binder (material used in binding or flattening the breasts)


つるぺた

Blend of つるつる (tsurutsuru, “shiny”, referring to the pubic area) + ぺったんこ (pettanko, “flat-chested”).


たねつけ

→ Mandarin: 種付／种付

(slang, fiction, pornography) fucking a woman with the debasing objective of impregnating


扉絵

ja-noun

扉(とびら)絵(え) • (tobirae) ^(←とびらゑ (tobirawe)?)

扉絵 (canonical)
tobirae (romanization)
tobirawe (romanization)
とびらゑ (hiragana historical)

(manga) cover or opening illustration, not necessarily placed at the very beginning


やしろ

yashiro (romanization)
yasiro (romanization)
やしろ (hiragana historical)


神宝

神(しん) (shin, “god”) + 宝(ほう) (hō, “precious object, treasure”). The hō changes to pō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

(Shinto) sacred treasure; objects associated with a deity and enshrined in a Shinto shrine


神宝

ja-noun

神宝(かむたから) or 神宝(かむだから) or 神宝(かんたから) or 神宝(かんだから) • (kamutakara or kamudakara or kantakara or kandakara)

神宝 (canonical)
神宝 (canonical)
神宝 (canonical)
神宝 (canonical)
kamutakara (romanization)
kamudakara (romanization)
kantakara (romanization)
kandakara (romanization)

神(かむ) (kamu, “divine”) + 宝(たから) (takara, “treasure”)

ja-compound

(Shinto) offerings at an altar or shrine


ペリー

ja-pos

ペリー • (Perī)

A transliteration of the English surname Perry.

Matthew Perry, American commodore who was influential in ending the sakoku period of Japan


開国

開国する (canonical)
kaikoku suru (romanization)
kaikoku (romanization)
開国し (stem)
開国した (past)
開国し
かいこくし
kaikoku shi
開国する
かいこくする
kaikoku suru
開国すれ
かいこくすれ
kaikoku sure
開国せよ (imperative literary)
開国しろ (colloquial imperative)
かいこくせよ (imperative literary)
かいこくしろ (colloquial imperative)
kaikoku seyo (imperative literary)
kaikoku shiro (colloquial imperative)
開国される (passive)
かいこくされる (passive)
kaikoku sareru (passive)
開国させる (causative)
開国さす (causative)
かいこくさせる (causative)
かいこくさす (causative)
kaikoku saseru (causative)
kaikoku sasu (causative)
開国できる (potential)
かいこくできる (potential)
kaikoku dekiru (potential)
開国しよう (volitional)
かいこくしよう (volitional)
kaikoku shiyō (volitional)
開国しない (negative)
かいこくしない (negative)
kaikoku shinai (negative)
開国せず (continuative negative)
かいこくせず (continuative negative)
kaikoku sezu (continuative negative)
開国します (formal)
かいこくします (formal)
kaikoku shimasu (formal)
開国した (perfective)
かいこくした (perfective)
kaikoku shita (perfective)
開国して (conjunctive)
かいこくして (conjunctive)
kaikoku shite (conjunctive)
開国すれば (conditional hypothetical)
かいこくすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kaikoku sureba (conditional hypothetical)


ぬさ

nusa (romanization)
ぬさ (hiragana historical)

(Shinto) Things offered when praying to gods.


幣帛

(Shinto) offerings made to the gods of food, money, or cloth


脱亜入欧

脱(だつ)亜(あ)入(にゅう)欧(おう) • (Datsua nyūō) ^(←だつあにふおう (Datua nifuou)?)

脱亜入欧 (canonical)
Datsua nyūō (romanization)
Datua nifuou (romanization)
だつあにふおう (hiragana historical)

[da̠t͡sɨa̠ ɲ̟ɨːo̞ː]

(historical) "exit from Asia and entry into Europe", a Meiji-era political philosophy regarding the Japanese state


漫符

2012, Sakamoto Shōyo, Manga no kaki-kata [How manga is drawn], page 43:

Surprise […] To indicate sweating or the shock of realization, draw this icon and it will be easily understood.

驚 […] 汗の記号やハッと気づく漫符を描くとわかりやすい。

Odoroki […] Ase no kigō ya hatto kizuku manpu o kaku to wakari yasui.

2015, Ueno Kentarō, Himana manga-ka ga ‘Manga ga kakikata hon’ o yonde kangaeta ‘Ore ga best seller o dasanai riyū’ [Manga artist reads ‘How to draw manga book’ in his free time and thinks, ‘That’s why I’ll never produce a best-seller’], page 34:

The manpu (marks used to represent anger or sweat etc.) typically used to this day are introduced.

現在でも普通に使われている漫符（怒りや汗などを表わすマークのこと。 […] ）が紹介されている。

Genzai de mo futsū ni tsukawarete-iru manpu (Ikari ya ase nado o arawasu māku no koto. […] ) ga shōkai sareteiru.

2020, Kūhaku n koma mondai [Blank frame n problem], Pochi! to na:

icons: symbols used to indicate emotions, movement, etc. musical note: an icon indicating that a character is in a good mood

漫符:感情、動き、などを表す記号 音符:上機嫌であることを示す漫符

manpu: kanjō, ugoki, nado o arawasu kigō onpu: jōkigen dearu koto o shimesu manpu

(jargon, manga) icon, manga mark, cartoon icon; a symbol used in manga to represent an emotion or action


産霊

産(むす)霊(ひ) or 産(むす)霊(び) or 産(むす)霊(ぶ) • (Musuhi or Musubi or Musubu)

産霊 (canonical)
産霊 (canonical)
産霊 (canonical)
Musuhi (romanization)
Musubi (romanization)
Musubu (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?], 産す (musu, “to birth”) + 霊 (hi, “spirit”)

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産霊の神

高御産巣日神 / 高皇産霊尊

Takamimusuhi no Kami / Takamimusuhi no Mikoto


コミック化

コミック化 (canonical)
komikku-ka (romanization)

待望のコミック化

(manga) graduation of a webcomic into a commercial publication


コミック化

コミック化する (canonical)
komikku-ka suru (romanization)
コミック化し (stem)
コミック化した (past)
コミック化し
コミックかし
komikku-ka shi
コミック化する
コミックかする
komikku-ka suru
コミック化すれ
コミックかすれ
komikku-ka sure
コミック化せよ (imperative literary)
コミック化しろ (colloquial imperative)
コミックかせよ (imperative literary)
コミックかしろ (colloquial imperative)
komikku-ka seyo (imperative literary)
komikku-ka shiro (colloquial imperative)
コミック化される (passive)
コミックかされる (passive)
komikku-ka sareru (passive)
コミック化させる (causative)
コミック化さす (causative)
コミックかさせる (causative)
コミックかさす (causative)
komikku-ka saseru (causative)
komikku-ka sasu (causative)
コミック化できる (potential)
コミックかできる (potential)
komikku-ka dekiru (potential)
コミック化しよう (volitional)
コミックかしよう (volitional)
komikku-ka shiyō (volitional)
コミック化しない (negative)
コミックかしない (negative)
komikku-ka shinai (negative)
コミック化せず (continuative negative)
コミックかせず (continuative negative)
komikku-ka sezu (continuative negative)
コミック化します (formal)
コミックかします (formal)
komikku-ka shimasu (formal)
コミック化した (perfective)
コミックかした (perfective)
komikku-ka shita (perfective)
コミック化して (conjunctive)
コミックかして (conjunctive)
komikku-ka shite (conjunctive)
コミック化すれば (conditional hypothetical)
コミックかすれば (conditional hypothetical)
komikku-ka sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(manga) to graduate from a webcomic into a commercial publication


大嘗祭

ja-pos

^おおにえ の ^まつり

大(だい)嘗(じょう)祭(さい) or 大(おお)嘗(なめ)祭(まつり) or 大(おお)嘗(にえの)祭(まつり) • (Daijōsai or Ōnamematsuri or Ōnie no Matsuri)

大嘗祭 (canonical)
大嘗祭 (canonical)
大嘗祭 (canonical)
Daijōsai (romanization)
Ōnamematsuri (romanization)
Ōnie no Matsuri (romanization)

(Shinto) a grand ritual to give thanks to the gods after the enthronement of the Emperor


あやかし

a yokai that appears above seawater during shipwrecks

何万年 妖(あやかし)たちは
踊る 夜宴の夢

2020 September 19, Mafumafu (lyrics and music), “百鬼夜行 [Night Parade of A Hundred Demons]”:

For myriads of years, the yokai
Have been dancing, our soiree dreams

Nanmannen ayakashi-tachi wa
Odoru yaen no yume

コバンザメ コバンザメ#Japanese

Synonym of コバンザメ (kobanzame, “live sharksucker”)

a type of Noh mask representing ghosts or spirits


なろう系

なろう系 (canonical)
narō-kei (romanization)

From なろう (narō, “let's become”, volitional of なる (naru)) + 系(けい) (-kei), named after 小説家になろう (Shōsetsu-ka ni Narō, “Let's Become Novelists”, a user-generated novel publishing website).

lw

(slang, derogatory) A vague, derogatory label applied to isekai (異世界) stories that have overdone, clichéd elements.


和御魂

和御魂 (canonical)
nikimitama (romanization)

和 (“gentle; harmonious”) + 御魂 (“dead soul”)

pre

(Shinto) the part of the soul that's gentle, as opposed to the violent 荒御魂 (aramitama)


国津神

国津神 (canonical)
kuni tsu kami (romanization)

Of 国(くに) (kuni, “country; earth”) + つ (tsu, possessive particle (archaic)) + 神(かみ) (kami, “god”)

ja-compound

(Shinto) the gods of the earth, descendants of the 天(あま)津(つ)神(かみ) (ama tsu kami, “gods of the heavens”)


天津神

天津神 (canonical)
ama tsu kami (romanization)

Of 天(あま) (ama, “heaven”) + つ (tsu, possessive particle (archaic)) + 神(かみ) (kami, “god”)


地神

地神 (canonical)
jishin (romanization)
disin (romanization)
ぢしん (hiragana historical)

(Shinto, specifically) gods descended from Amaterasu, the sun goddess; ancestor-gods of Japan's emperors

(Shinto) a local god; the spirit of a particular place


地祇

(Shinto) earthly deities; the gods of the earth


浦賀

Uraga (a region of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan), known for being a landing spot of the Westerners' kurofune


迷い家

迷い (mayoi, “getting lost; illusion”, stem of 迷う (mayou, “to get lost; to be deluded”)) + 処 (ka, “place”)

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stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">迷う</i> (mayou, “to get lost; to be deluded”)

風が止む
その刹那に手招く迷(まよ)ひ(い)処(が)まで

The wind stops
Till that split second, when the elusive cottage beckons

Kaze ga yamu
Sono setsuna ni temaneku mayoiga made

in Tohoku and Kanto legends, an uninhabited but somehow well kept house in the mountains, that is said to bring good luck and fortune to anyone who visits it


酒呑童子

酒呑童子 (canonical)
Shuten Dōji (romanization)

[ɕɨtẽ̞ndo̞ːʑi]

酒 (“alcohol”) + 呑 (“drinking”) + 童子 (“boy”)

(mythology, Japanese mythology) an 鬼 (oni, “ogre; demon”) who dwelled in 大江山 (Ōeyama, “Mount Ōe”) and kidnapped women and children and stole money in the city


書紀

Short for 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki, “Chronicles of Japan”).


日本書紀

[ɲ̟iho̞ɰ̃ ɕo̞kʲi]

From 日本(にほん) (nihon, “Japan”) + 書(しょ) (sho, “book”) + 紀(き) (ki, “record”).

ja-com

The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese)


特高

特別高等警察 特別高等警察#Japanese

Short for 特別高等警察 (Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu): the secret police of pre-1945 Shōwa-era Japan


特別高等警察

ja-noun

とくべつこうとうけいさつ

特(とく)別(べつ)高(こう)等(とう)警(けい)察(さつ) • (tokubetsukōtōkeisatsu)

特別高等警察 (canonical)
tokubetsukōtōkeisatsu (romanization)

the Special Higher Police; the secret police of pre-1945 Shōwa-era Japan


戯作

戯(げ)作(さく) or 戯作(ぎさく) or 戯作(けさく) or 戯作(きさく) • (gesaku or gisaku or kesaku or kisaku)

戯作 (canonical)
戯作 (canonical)
戯作 (canonical)
戯作 (canonical)
gesaku (romanization)
gisaku (romanization)
kesaku (romanization)
kisaku (romanization)


神世七代

神世七代 (canonical)
Kamiyo Nanayo (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 神世 (“Divine Age”) + 七代 (“seven generations”).


高皇産霊

ja-pos

高(たか)皇(み)産(むす)霊(ひ) or 高(たか)皇(み)産(むす)霊(び) • (Takamimusuhi or Takamimusubi)

高皇産霊 (canonical)
高皇産霊 (canonical)
Takamimusuhi (romanization)
Takamimusubi (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 高 (“high”) + 御 (honorific prefix) + 産霊 (“Creator Spirit”).

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高皇産霊神/尊

(Japanese mythology) one of the first three gods who came into existence when heaven and earth began (天地開闢 (tenchi kaibyaku)), along with 天御中主 (Ama no Minakanushi) and 神皇産霊 (Kamimusuhi)


国常立

国常立 (canonical)
Kuni no Tokotachi (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 国 (“land”) + 常 (“ever; eternally”) + 立ち (stem of 立つ (tatsu, “to stand”)).

stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">立つ</i> (tatsu, “to stand”)

国常立尊

(Japanese mythology) the sixth god to come into existence, after 天常立 (Ama no Tokotachi) and before 豊雲野 (Toyokumono)


句句廼馳

句句廼馳 (canonical)
Kuku no Chi (romanization)

Old Japanese. 茎 (“stalk; stem”) + の (genitive marker) + 霊 (“spirit”).

(Japanese mythology) the god of trees, child of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and 伊弉冉 (Izanami)


神皇産霊

ja-pos

神(か)皇(み)産(むす)霊(ひ) or 神(か)皇(み)産(むす)霊(び) • (Kamimusuhi or Kamimusubi)

神皇産霊 (canonical)
神皇産霊 (canonical)
Kamimusuhi (romanization)
Kamimusubi (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 神 (kami, “divine”) + 産霊 (“Creator Spirit”).

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神皇産霊神/尊

(Japanese mythology) possibly a goddess, one of the first three gods who came into existence when heaven and earth began (天地開闢 (tenchi kaibyaku)), along with 天御中主 (Ama no Minakanushi) and 高皇産霊 (Takamimusuhi)


可美葦牙彦舅

ja-pos

うまし あしかび ひこぢ

^うまし ^あしかび ^ひこぢ

可美(うまし)葦(あし)牙(かび)彦(ひこ)舅(ぢ) • (Umashi Ashikabi Hikoji) ^(←うましあしかびひこぢ (Umasi Asikabi Fikodi)?)

可美葦牙彦舅 (canonical)
Umashi Ashikabi Hikoji (romanization)
Umasi Asikabi Fikodi (romanization)
うましあしかびひこぢ (hiragana historical)

Old Japanese. 美し (“abundant; bountiful”) + 葦牙 (“reed shoot”) + 彦舅 (“man; husband; mister”).

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可美葦牙彦舅神/尊

the God/Augustness of Umashi Ashikabi Hikoji

(Japanese mythology) one of the two gods who came into existence from reed shoots on the earth after it was formed, along with 天常立 (Ama no Tokotachi)

ja:ウマシアシカビヒコヂ


天常立

ja-pos

天(あまの)常(とこ)立(たち) or 天(あめの)常(とこ)立(たち) • (Ama no Tokotachi or Ame no Tokotachi)

天常立 (canonical)
天常立 (canonical)
Ama no Tokotachi (romanization)
Ame no Tokotachi (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 天 (“heaven”) + の (genitive marker) + 常 (“ever; eternally”) + 立ち (stem of 立つ (tatsu, “to stand”)).

af

stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">立つ</i> (tatsu, “to stand”)

Coordinate term: 国常立 (Kuni no Tokotachi)

天常立神/尊

可美葦牙彦舅 可美葦牙彦舅#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) one of the two gods who came into existence from reed shoots on the earth after it was formed, along with 可美葦牙彦舅 (Umashi Ashikabi Hikoji)


天御中主

ja-pos

^あま の ^みなかぬし

^あめ の ^みなかぬし

天(あまの)御(み)中(なか)主(ぬし) or 天(あめの)御(み)中(なか)主(ぬし) • (Ama no Minakanushi or Ame no Minakanushi)

天御中主 (canonical)
天御中主 (canonical)
Ama no Minakanushi (romanization)
Ame no Minakanushi (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 天 (“heaven”) + の (genitive marker) + 御 (honorific prefix) + 中 (“center; middle”) + 主 (“master; lord”).

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天御中主神/尊

the God/Augustness of Ama no Minakanushi

(Japanese mythology) one of the first three gods who came into existence when heaven and earth began (天地開闢 (tenchi kaibyaku)), along with 高皇産霊 (Takamimusuhi) and 神皇産霊 (Kamimusuhi)