天神七代

ja-pos

天(てん)神(じん)七(しち)代(だい) • (Tenjin Shichidai)

天神七代 (canonical)
Tenjin Shichidai (romanization)

[tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑiɰ̃ ɕit͡ɕida̠i]

天神 (“heavenly god”) + 七代 (“seven generations”)

af

the Seven Generations of Heavenly Gods, including 国常立 (Kuni no Tokotachi) of the first, 豊雲野 (Toyokumono) of the second, 埿土煮 (Uijini) and his sister 沙土煮 (Suijini) of the third, 角杙 (Tsunogui) and his sister 活杙 (Ikugui) of the fourth, 大戸之道 (Ōto no Ji) and his sister 大戸之部 (Ōto no Be) of the fifth, 面足 (Omodaru) and his sister 綾惶根 (Ayakashikone) of the sixth, and 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and his sister 伊弉冉 (Izanami) of the seventh


天之瓊矛

ja-pos

天(あま)之(の)瓊(ぬ)矛(ほこ) or 天(あめ)之(の)瓊(ぬ)矛(ぼこ) • (Ama no Nuhoko or Ame no Nuboko)

天之瓊矛 (canonical)
天之瓊矛 (canonical)
Ama no Nuhoko (romanization)
Ame no Nuboko (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 天 (“heaven”) + の (genitive marker) + 瓊矛 (“jeweled spear”).

af

(Japanese mythology) the spear that 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and 伊弉冉 (Izanami) used to stir the sea and create 磤馭慮島 (Onogorojima, “Onogoro Island”)


奇稲田姫

奇稲田姫 (canonical)
Kushinadahime (romanization)

(Japanese mythology) last daughter of 脚摩乳 (Ashinazuchi) and 手摩乳 (Tenazuchi); she was to be eaten by 八岐大蛇 (Yamata no Orochi), but saved by 素戔嗚 (Susa no O) and became his wife


脚摩乳

ja-pos

脚(あし)摩(なず)乳(ち) • (Ashinazuchi) ^(←あしなづち (Asinaduti)?)

脚摩乳 (canonical)
Ashinazuchi (romanization)
Asinaduti (romanization)
あしなづち (hiragana historical)

(Japanese mythology) son of 大山祇 (Ōyamatsumi), husband of 手摩乳 (Tenazuchi), father of 奇稲田姫 (Kushinadahime); he offered his last daughter to 素戔嗚 (Susa no O) so that he would save her from the serpent 八岐大蛇 (Yamata no Orochi)

ja:アシナヅチ・テナヅチ


級長津彦

級長津彦 (canonical)
Shinatsuhiko (romanization)

From Old Japanese. Blend of 息長 (shinaga, “long-breathed; long-winded”) + つ (archaic genitive marker) + 彦 (“lord”).

blend

級長津彦の神/命

(Japanese mythology) the wind god, son of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and 伊弉冉 (Izanami)


手摩乳

ja-pos

手(て)摩(な)乳(ずち) • (Tenazuchi) ^(←てなづち (Tenaduti)?)

手摩乳 (canonical)
Tenazuchi (romanization)
Tenaduti (romanization)
てなづち (hiragana historical)

(Japanese mythology) wife of 脚摩乳 (Ashinazuchi) and mother of 奇稲田姫 (Kushinadahime)

ja:アシナヅチ・テナヅチ


須勢理毘売

須勢理毘売 (canonical)
Suseribime (romanization)

須勢理毘売命

(Japanese mythology) daughter of 素戔嗚 (Susa no O); she helped her husband 大国主 (Ōkuninushi) escape death ordeals put forth by her father


八上比売

八上比売 (canonical)
Yagamihime (romanization)

a princess of 因幡 (Inaba), who was pursued by 大国主 (Ōkuninushi) and his brothers, but ultimately became his wife


因幡の白兎

^いなば の ^しろ.うさぎ

因(いな)幡(ば)の白(しろ)兎(うさぎ) • (Inaba no Shirousagi)

因幡の白兎 (canonical)
Inaba no Shirousagi (romanization)

Old Japanese 稻羽之素菟 (Inaba no₂ Sirousagi). 因幡 (Inaba) + の (no, genitive marker) + 白兎 (shirousagi, “white/bare rabbit/hare”).

af

the Hare of Inaba (a hare who got stripped bare of its fur by 鰐 (wani, “crocodiles”), but saved by 大国主 (Ōkuninushi))


野槌

ja-pos

野(の)槌(づち) or 野(の)槌(つち) • (Nozuchi or Notsuchi)

野槌 (canonical)
野槌 (canonical)
Nozuchi (romanization)
Notsuchi (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 野 (no, “moor”) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 霊 (chi, “spirit”).

af

(Japanese mythology) the goddess of grass and plains, daughter of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and 伊弉冉 (Izanami)


野槌

(Japanese mythology, mythology) a snake-like yokai


天鈿女

天鈿女 (canonical)
Ame no Uzume (romanization)

Ame-no-Uzume
Daijirin
Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Kojiki
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Nihon Shoki
ja:アメノウズメ

From Old Japanese, shift from the older and previously more prevalent (and still current) reading Ama no uzume, itself a compound of 天 (ama, “heaven”) + の (no, genitive particle) + 鈿女 (uzume). The derivation of the uzume element is uncertain; it might be from uzu (the term used to refer to a sprig of flowers used as a hair decoration in certain Shinto rituals, as used by the goddess) + 女 (me, “woman, female”). This may be reflected in the kanji spelling, where 鈿 is the character for hairpin.
The goddess is mentioned in both the Kojiki of 712 and the Nihon Shoki of 720.

compound

天鈿女命

(Shinto, Japanese mythology) a goddess who performed a merry ritual dance to entertain the gods of heaven, to lure 天照 (Amaterasu) out of the cave 天岩戸 (Ama no Iwato)


瓊瓊杵

瓊瓊杵尊

木花開耶姫 木花開耶姫#Japanese

彦火火出見 彦火火出見#Japanese

葦原の中つ国 葦原の中つ国#Japanese

三種の神器 三種の神器#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) son of 天忍穂耳 (Ama no Oshihomimi), husband of 木花開耶姫 (Ko no Hana no Sakuyabime), father of 火照 (Hoderi) and 彦火火出見 (Hikohohodemi); he was sent by his grandmother 天照 (Amaterasu) in his father's stead to rule the land of 葦原の中つ国 (Ashihara no Nakatsukuni) surrended by 大国主 (Ōkuninushi), bringing with him the 三種の神器 (Sanshu no Jingi), and eventually became great-grandfather of Emperor Jinmu


火遠理

火遠理 (canonical)
Hōri (romanization)
Fowori (romanization)
ほをり (hiragana historical)

Coordinate term: 火照 (Hoderi)

火遠理命

彦火火出見 彦火火出見#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) Synonym of 彦火火出見 (Hikohohodemi)


天忍穂耳

ja-pos

^あま の ^おしほみみ

^あめ の ^おしほみみ

天(あまの)忍(おし)穂(ほ)耳(みみ) or 天(あめの)忍(おし)穂(ほ)耳(みみ) • (Ama no Oshihomimi or Ame no Oshihomimi)

天忍穂耳 (canonical)
天忍穂耳 (canonical)
Ama no Oshihomimi (romanization)
Ame no Oshihomimi (romanization)

天忍穂耳尊

熊野櫲樟日 熊野櫲樟日#Japanese

葦原の中つ国 葦原の中つ国#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) the first of the sons of 天照 (Amaterasu) (along with 天穂日 (Ama no Hohi), 天津彦根 (Amatsuhikone), 活津彦根 (Ikutsuhikone) and 熊野櫲樟日 (Kumanokusuhi)) who were given birth by 素戔嗚 (Susa no O) by chewing her jewels during the 誓約 (ukei, “oath”) to test his intent seeking refuge in her heavenly domain (the five sons were hers; the three daughters she gave birth to were his); he was sent by his mother to rule the land of 葦原の中つ国 (Ashihara no Nakatsukuni), but ultimately he recommended his son 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) instead


彦火火出見

彦火火出見 (canonical)
Hikohohodemi (romanization)

彦火火出見尊

木花開耶姫 木花開耶姫#Japanese

鸕鷀草葺不合 鸕鷀草葺不合#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) son of 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) and 木花開耶姫 (Ko no Hana no Sakuyabime), younger brother of 火照 (Hoderi), husband of 豊玉姫 (Toyotamabime), father of 鸕鷀草葺不合 (Ugaya Fukiaezu) and grandfather of Emperor Jinmu; he was known to have a conflict with his brother in the myth 海幸山幸 (Umisachi Yamasachi, “Luck of the Sea and Luck of the Mountain”)

(history, Japanese mythology) the birth name of Emperor Jinmu


大宜津比売

大(おお)宜(げ)津(つ)比(ひ)売(め) • (Ōgetsuhime) ^(←おほげつひめ (Ofogetufime)?)

大宜津比売 (canonical)
Ōgetsuhime (romanization)
Ofogetufime (romanization)
おほげつひめ (hiragana historical)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 大 (“great”) + 食 (“food”) + つ (archaic genitive marker) + 姫 (“lady”).

af

大宜津比売神

(Japanese mythology) a food goddess, daughter of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi); as told in the 古事記 (Kojiki), she offered food to 素戔嗚 (Susa no O) after he was expelled from heaven for his transgression against 天照 (Amaterasu), by pulling food out of her orifices, which caused him to kill her in disgust; from her corpse, grain seeds and silkworms sprouted out, and were collected by 神産巣日 (Kamimusuhi)


三種の神器

ja-pos

^さんしゅ の ^じんぎ

三(さん)種(しゅ)の神(じん)器(ぎ) • (Sanshu no Jingi)

三種の神器 (canonical)
Sanshu no Jingi (romanization)

[sã̠ɰ̃ɕɨ no̞ d͡ʑĩŋʲɡʲi]

三種 (“three kinds”) + の (counter-noun connector) + 神器 (“divine instrument”)

af

八尺瓊勾玉 八尺瓊勾玉#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) the Three Imperial Regalia of Japan (three treasures of the imperial family, bestowed by 天照 (Amaterasu) upon her grandson 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) before he descended to the mortal realm, including the bead 八尺瓊勾玉 (Yasakani no Magatama), the sword 草薙剣 (Kusanagi no Tsurugi) and the mirror 八咫鏡 (Yata no Kagami))


玉依姫

ja-pos

玉(たま)依(より)姫(びめ) or 玉依姫(たまよりひめ) • (Tamayoribime or Tamayorihime)

玉依姫 (canonical)
玉依姫 (canonical)
Tamayoribime (romanization)
Tamayorihime (romanization)

鸕鷀草葺不合 鸕鷀草葺不合#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) daughter of 海神 (Watatsumi), younger sister and daughter-in-law of 豊玉姫 (Toyotamabime), aunt and wife of 鸕鷀草葺不合 (Ugaya Fukiaezu), mother of Emperor Jinmu


鸕鷀草葺不合

鸕鷀(う)草(がや)葺(ふき)不合(あえず) • (Ugaya Fukiaezu) ^(←うがやふきあへず (Ugaya Fukiafezu)?)

鸕鷀草葺不合 (canonical)
Ugaya Fukiaezu (romanization)
Ugaya Fukiafezu (romanization)
うがやふきあへず (hiragana historical)

Old Japanese [Term?]. 鵜萱 (ugaya, “cormorant feathers for thatching roof”) + 葺き (fuki, continuative of 葺く (fuku, “to thatch”)) + 合えず (aezu, negative conjugated form of 合う (au, “to meet”), or related to 合わせる (awaseru, “to put together”), signifying incompleteness). The literal meaning could be "Incompletely Thatched with Cormorant Feathers". The name describes the circumstance of his birth, in a parturition hut that hadn't been completely thatched with cormorant feathers. For spellings of negative verb forms with 不, see 不開の門 (akazu no mon), 不喰芋 (kuwazuimo), 座不冷 (zamasazu), 不忍 (Shinobazu), 不寝 (nezu), 腹不立 (haratatezu), 不見不聞 (mizu kikazu).

af

continuative of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">葺く</i> (fuku, “to thatch”)

鸕鷀草葺不合尊

彦火火出見 彦火火出見#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) son of 彦火火出見 (Hikohohodemi) and 豊玉姫 (Toyotamabime), nephew and husband of 玉依姫 (Tamayoribime), father of Emperor Jinmu


クリンナップ

[kɯ̟ɾʲĩnːa̠p̚pɯ̟]

(anime, manga) cleanup of a draft or rough sketch


皇道派

the Kōdōha (or the Imperial Way Faction); a totalitarian, militaristic and expansionist faction in the Japanese military during the early Shōwa era


日中戦争

日中戦争 (canonical)
Nitchū Sensō (romanization)


支那事変

支那事変 (canonical)
Shina Jihen (romanization)


統制派

the Tōseiha (Control Faction); a totalitarian, militaristic and expansionist faction in the Japanese military during the early Shōwa era


隠れキリシタン

隠れキリシタン (canonical)
Kakure Kirishitan (romanization)

From 隠れ (“hidden”) + キリシタン (“early Japanese term for Christianity”).

compound

Kakure Kirishitan (underground Japanese Catholic church during Edo period)


級長戸辺

級長戸辺 (canonical)
Shinatobe (romanization)

From Old Japanese. Perhaps a blend of 息長 (shinaga, “long-breathed; long-winded”) + つ (tsu, archaic genitive marker) + 女 (me, “female”).

blend

級長戸辺の神/命

(Japanese mythology) either synonym of 級長津彦 (Shinatsuhiko), a male god, or a different obscure wind goddess


天照神

天照神 (canonical)
Amateru Kami (romanization)

(Japanese mythology) Synonym of 天照 (Amaterasu)


天照る

天照る (canonical)
amateru (romanization)
天照ら (irrealis stem)
あまてら (irrealis stem)
amatera (irrealis)
天照り (continuative stem)
あまてり (continuative stem)
amateri (continuative)
天照る (stem terminative)
あまてる (stem terminative)
amateru (terminative)
天照る (attributive stem)
あまてる (attributive stem)
amateru (attributive)
天照れ (realis stem)
あまてれ (realis stem)
amatere (realis)
天照れ (imperative stem)
あまてれ (imperative stem)
amatere (imperative)
天照らず (negative)
あまてらず (negative)
amaterazu (negative)
天照れど (contrastive)
あまてれど (contrastive)
amateredo (contrastive)
天照れば (causative)
あまてれば (causative)
amatereba (causative)
天照らば (conditional)
あまてらば (conditional)
amateraba (conditional)
天照りき (past)
あまてりき (past)
amateriki (past)
天照りけり (past)
あまてりけり (past)
amaterikeri (past)
天照りつ (perfect)
あまてりつ (perfect)
amateritu (perfect)
天照りぬ (perfect)
あまてりぬ (perfect)
amaterinu (perfect)
天照れり (continuative perfect)
天照りたり (continuative perfect)
あまてれり (continuative perfect)
あまてりたり (continuative perfect)
amatereri (continuative perfect)
amateritari (continuative perfect)
天照らむ (volitional)
あまてらむ (volitional)
amateramu (volitional)

天(あま) (ama, “heaven”) + 照(て)る (teru, “to shine”)

com-ja

(Classical Japanese, Japanese mythology, of gods and heavenly bodies) to shine in heaven


大日孁貴

ja-pos

^おおひるめ の ^むち

^おほひるめ の ^むち

大(おお)日(ひる)孁(めの)貴(むち) • (Ōhirume no Muchi) ^(←おほひるめのむち (Ofofirume no Muti)?)

大日孁貴 (canonical)
Ōhirume no Muchi (romanization)
Ofofirume no Muti (romanization)
おほひるめのむち (hiragana historical)

大 (“great”) + 日孁 (“Amaterasu”, literally “Sun Female”) + の (attributive particle) + 貴 (“Your/Her Majesty”)


伊勢大神

ja-pos

^いせ の ^おほみかみ

伊(い)勢(せの)大(おお)神(かみ) • (Ise no Ōkami) ^(←いせのおほみかみ (Ise no Ofomikami)?)

伊勢大神 (canonical)
Ise no Ōkami (romanization)
Ise no Ofomikami (romanization)
いせのおほみかみ (hiragana historical)

伊勢 + の (attributive particle) + 大神 (literally “great god”), so called because Amaterasu is most prominently worshipped at the 伊勢(大)神宮 (Ise (Dai)jingū, “Ise (Grand) Shrine”) in Ise Province (now Ise City, Mie Prefecture).


日孁

日孁 (canonical)
Hirume (romanization)
Firume (romanization)
ひるめ (hiragana historical)

日 (“sun”) + る + 女 (“female”). One theory is that me was specifically 妻 (“wife”), referring to a 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”) who served the sun, but it eventually shifted to "goddess". Ru is possibly a variant of ろ, an archaic genitive particle that predates Old Japanese, and it was no longer productive (like の (no) and が (ga)), but became fossilized (like つ (tsu)) in words like 神漏伎 (kamuroki) and 神漏美 (kamuromi), and possibly also 大蛇 (orochi). The male equivalent of this name is possibly ひるこ (Hiruko, literally “Sun Child”), a deformed child resulted from an improper courtship ritual between 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and 伊弉冉 (Izanami) (女 (-me) was used for females, as in 姫 (hime, “lady”), 乙女 (otome, “maiden”) and 娘 (musume, “daughter”); 子 (-ko) was used for males, as in 彦 (hiko, “lord”), 男 (otoko, “lad”) and 息子 (musuko, “son”)). However, his association with the sun was never clearly stated, and given his deformation, his name is usually interpreted as 蛭子 (literally “Leech Child”).


天孫

(Japanese mythology) a heavenly god's grandchild


天孫

(Japanese mythology) Synonym of 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) (Amaterasu's grandson)


天照らす

ja-verb

天(あま)照(て)らす or 天(あま)照(で)らす • (amaterasu or amaderasu) ^†nidan

天照らす (canonical)
天照らす (canonical)
amaterasu (romanization)
amaderasu (romanization)
天照らせ (irrealis stem)
あまてらせ (irrealis stem)
amaterase (irrealis)
天照らせ (continuative stem)
あまてらせ (continuative stem)
amaterase (continuative)
天照らす (stem terminative)
あまてらす (stem terminative)
amaterasu (terminative)
天照らする (attributive stem)
あまてらする (attributive stem)
amaterasuru (attributive)
天照らすれ (realis stem)
あまてらすれ (realis stem)
amaterasure (realis)
天照らせよ (imperative stem)
あまてらせよ (imperative stem)
amateraseyo (imperative)
天照らせず (negative)
あまてらせず (negative)
amaterasezu (negative)
天照らすれど (contrastive)
あまてらすれど (contrastive)
amaterasuredo (contrastive)
天照らすれば (causative)
あまてらすれば (causative)
amaterasureba (causative)
天照らせば (conditional)
あまてらせば (conditional)
amateraseba (conditional)
天照らせき (past)
あまてらせき (past)
amateraseki (past)
天照らせけり (past)
あまてらせけり (past)
amaterasekeri (past)
天照らせつ (perfect)
あまてらせつ (perfect)
amaterasetu (perfect)
天照らせぬ (perfect)
あまてらせぬ (perfect)
amaterasenu (perfect)
天照らせたり (continuative perfect)
あまてらせたり (continuative perfect)
amaterasetari (continuative perfect)
天照らせむ (volitional)
あまてらせむ (volitional)
amaterasemu (volitional)

天照ら (irrealis of 天照る) + す (honorific auxiliary). Spelt with 万葉仮名 (Man'yōgana) as 安麻泥良須 (amaderasu), suggesting a voiced form, in the 4125th poem of the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū), even though 天照る was spelt without such voiced form as 安麻弖流 (amateru) in the 3650th poem.

suf

irrealis of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">天照る</i>

(Classical Japanese, honorific, literal, Japanese mythology, of gods and heavenly bodies) Alternative form of 天照る (amateru, “to shine in heaven”)


日前大神

ja-pos

^ひ の ^くま の ^おおかみ

^ひ の ^くま の ^おほかみ

日(ひの)前(くまの)大(おお)神(かみ) • (Hi no Kuma no Ōkami) ^(←ひのくまのおほかみ (Fi no Kuma no Ofokami)?)

日前大神 (canonical)
Hi no Kuma no Ōkami (romanization)
Fi no Kuma no Ofokami (romanization)
ひのくまのおほかみ (hiragana historical)

日の隈 (hi no kuma, literally “shadow/shade of the sun”) + 大神 (literally “great god”)

af

(Japanese mythology) the deification of the mirror made by 石凝姥 (Ishikoridome) to lure 天照 (Amaterasu) out of 天岩戸 (Ama no Iwato)


豊玉姫

ja-pos

豊(とよ)玉(たま)姫(びめ) or 豊玉姫(とよたまひめ) • (Toyotamabime or Toyotamahime)

豊玉姫 (canonical)
豊玉姫 (canonical)
Toyotamabime (romanization)
Toyotamahime (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?], 豊 (“rich”) + 玉 (“jewel”) + 姫 (“lady”).

彦火火出見 彦火火出見#Japanese

鸕鷀草葺不合 鸕鷀草葺不合#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) daughter of 海神 (Watatsumi), elder sister and mother-in-law of 玉依姫 (Tamayoribime), wife of 彦火火出見 (Hikohohodemi); she went into labor before her parturition hut was done and gave birth to 鸕鷀草葺不合 (Ugaya Fukiaezu) in it, but retreated in shame after her husband, out of curiosity, saw her true serpentine form during the birth


石凝姥

石凝姥 (canonical)
Ishikoridome (romanization)

Old Japanese. An obscure name. The spelling is 石 (“stone”) + 凝り (“stiffening; coagulating”, continuative of 凝る (koru)) + 姥 (“old woman”).

af

continuative of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">凝る</i> (koru)

石凝姥命

(Japanese mythology) the goddess who made the mirror that was used to lure 天照 (Amaterasu) out of 天岩戸 (Ama no Iwato)


天石戸別

ja-pos

^あま の ^いわとわけ

^あま の ^いはとわけ

天(あまの)石(いわ)戸(と)別(わけ) • (Ama no Iwatowake) ^(←あまのいはとわけ (Ama no Ifatowake)?)

天石戸別 (canonical)
Ama no Iwatowake (romanization)
Ama no Ifatowake (romanization)
あまのいはとわけ (hiragana historical)

天石戸別神

(Japanese mythology) the protector god of gateways, such as the imperial gate, and one of 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi)'s crew during his 天孫降臨 (Tenson Kōrin, “Heavenly Grandson's Descent”) to rule the earth


五伴緒神

^いつとも の ^お の ^かみ

^いつとも の ^を の ^かみ

五(いつ)伴(ともの)緒(おの)神(かみ) • (Itsutomo no O no Kami) ^(←いつとものをのかみ (Itutomo no Wo no Kami)?)

五伴緒神 (canonical)
Itsutomo no O no Kami (romanization)
Itutomo no Wo no Kami (romanization)
いつとものをのかみ (hiragana historical)

Old Japanese, 五 (“five”) + 伴緒 (“manservant”, the crew did include goddesses) + の (genitive particle) + 神 (“god”)

af

the crew of five gods who escorted 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) during his 天孫降臨 (Tenson Kōrin, “Heavenly Grandson's Descent”) to rule the earth, including 天児屋 (Ama no Koyane), 太玉 (Futodama), 天鈿女 (Ama no Uzume), 石凝姥 (Ishikoridome) and 玉祖 (Tama no Oya)


神漏美

ja-noun

神(かむ)漏(ろ)美(み) or 神(かみ)漏(ろ)美(み) • (kamuromi or kamiromi)

神漏美 (canonical)
神漏美 (canonical)
kamuromi (romanization)
kamiromi (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?], 神 (“god”) + ろ (archaic genitive particle) + み (“female”). Compare 伊弉冉 (Izanami, literally “Female Who Invites”). See also 日孁 (Hirume).

af

(archaic, Japanese mythology) a creator, progenitor or ancestor goddess, such as 神皇産霊 (Kamimusuhi), 伊弉冉 (Izanami) or 天照 (Amaterasu)


神漏伎

ja-noun

神(かむ)漏(ろ)伎(き) or 神(かみ)漏(ろ)伎(き) • (kamuroki or kamiroki)

神漏伎 (canonical)
神漏伎 (canonical)
kamuroki (romanization)
kamiroki (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?], 神 (“god”) + ろ (archaic genitive particle) + き (“male”). Compare 伊弉諾 (Izanaki, literally “Male Who Invites”). See also 日孁 (Hirume).

af

(archaic, Japanese mythology) a male creator, progenitor or ancestor god, such as 高皇産霊 (Takamimusuhi) or 伊弉諾 (Izanaki)


豊宇気毘売

豊宇気毘売 (canonical)
Toyoukebime (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?], 豊受 + 姫 (hime, “lady”)

豊宇気毘売神

(Japanese mythology) Synonym of 豊受 (Toyouke)


豊受大神

ja-pos

^とよ.うけ の ^おおかみ

^とよ.うけ の ^おほかみ

^とゆけ の ^おおかみ

^とゆけ の ^おほかみ

豊(とよ)受(うけの)大(おお)神(かみ) or 豊受(とゆけの)大(おお)神(かみ) • (Toyouke no Ōkami or Toyuke no Ōkami) ^(←とようけのおほかみ (Toyouke no Ofokami) or とゆけのおほかみ (Toyuke no Ofokami)?)

豊受大神 (canonical)
豊受大神 (canonical)
Toyouke no Ōkami (romanization)
Toyuke no Ōkami (romanization)
Toyouke no Ofokami (romanization)
Toyuke no Ofokami (romanization)
とようけのおほかみ (hiragana historical)
とゆけのおほかみ (hiragana historical)

Old Japanese [Term?], 豊受 + の (genitive particle) + 大神 (“great god”)


保食

Old Japanese [Term?], perhaps from 食 (uke, “food”) + 持ち (mochi, “holding; keeping; possessing”). The kanji spelling literally means "to keep food".

保食神

(Japanese mythology) a food goddess; as told in the 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki), she offered food to 月読 (Tsukuyomi) after he was sent by 天照 (Amaterasu) to see her, by pulling food out of her orifices, which caused him to kill her in disgust, which caused Amaterasu, in anger, to split up with Tsukuyomi, causing the separation of day and night; from her corpse, cattle, horses, grain seeds and silkworms sprouted out, and were collected by 天熊人 (Ama no Kumahito) and were used for agriculture under Amaterasu's order


倉稲魂

ja-pos

倉稲(うかの)魂(みたま) or 倉稲(うか)魂(たま) • (Uka No Mitama or Ukatama)

倉稲魂 (canonical)
倉稲魂 (canonical)
Uka No Mitama (romanization)
Ukatama (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?], 食 (uka, “food”) + の (no, genitive particle) + 御魂 (mitama, literally “august spirit”)

af

神大市比売 神大市比売#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) a grain goddess, daughter of 素戔嗚 (Susa no O) and 神大市比売 (Kamuōichihime)


豊受

ja-pos

豊(とよ)受(うけ) or 豊(とゆ)受(うけ) or 豊受(とゆけ) • (Toyouke or Toyuuke or Toyuke)

豊受 (canonical)
豊受 (canonical)
豊受 (canonical)
Toyouke (romanization)
Toyuuke (romanization)
Toyuke (romanization)

Old Japanese [Term?], 豊 (“rich; abundant”) + 食 (uke, “food”)

豊受神

豊受大神宮 / 豊受宮 / 豊受大神社

Toyōke Daijingū / Toyuke no Miya / Toyōke Daijinja

和久産巣日 和久産巣日#Japanese

(Japanese mythology) a goddess of grain, daughter of 和久産巣日 (Wakumusubi) and granddaughter of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi)


ナーロッパ

Blend of なろう系 (narō-kei) + ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa).

blend

(slang, derogatory) the hackneyed pseudo-medieval European setting often found in なろう系(けい) (narō-kei) isekai fantasy stories


天地開闢

ja-noun

天(てん)地(ち)開(かい)闢(びゃく) • (tenchi kaibyaku)

天地開闢 (canonical)
tenchi kaibyaku (romanization)

[tẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi̥ ka̠ibʲa̠kɯ̟]

天地 (“heaven and earth”) + 開闢 (“beginning; genesis”)

af

2011 June 8, “マスターピース [Masterpiece]”, in Maki Nagayama, hiroko, miyake (lyrics), HIKARI, Hiroto Suzuki, and miyake (music), マスターピース [Masterpiece], performed by Mimiharu GT:

Rain, wind, freezing snowstorm, scorching sunlight
All these are ingredients for coloring the days
You don't give up, you gave away your heart and mind
Gotta be cruel to be kind
I knew what impatience was like, when we met
It begins with seeing our differences. Dance now, uninhibited, as heaven and earth begin

雨の日も風の日も極寒の吹雪も灼熱の太陽も
全て日々を彩る材料 へこたれないで意思と愛を
君がくれた 優しさは厳しさ
ぶつかることで知ったもどかしさ
違いを認めることで始まる 縦横無尽踊れ天地開闢

Ame no hi mo kaze no hi mo gokkan no fubuki mo shakunetsu no taiyō mo
Subete hibi o irodoru zairyō Hekotarenai de ishi to ai o
Kimi ga kureta Yasashisa wa kibishisa
Butsukaru koto de shitta modokashisa
Chigai o mitomeru koto de hajimaru Jūyō mujin odore tenchi kaibyaku

(Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) the beginning of the world; when the world began; when the world was created


天つ罪

天つ罪 (canonical)
amatsutsumi (romanization)

Coordinate term: 国つ罪

(Shinto, Japanese mythology, agriculture) one of the eight agricultural offenses that is said to have been committed in the 高天原 (Takamagahara, “Plain of High Heaven”), notably by the unruly god 素戔嗚 (Susanoo), namely 畔放 (ahanachi, “breaking down ridges”), 溝埋 (mizoume, “covering ditches”), 樋放 (hihanachi, “releasing irrigation sluices”), 重播 (shikimaki, “double planting”), 串刺 (kushisashi, “setting up stakes”), 生剥 (ikehagi, “skinning alive”), 逆剥 (sakahagi, “skinning backward”) and 糞戸 (kusohe, “defecation”)


大東亜戦争

ja-pos

大(だい)東(とう)亜(あ)戦(せん)争(そう) • (Dai Tōa Sensō) ^(←だいとうあせんさう (Dai Toua Sensau)?)

大東亜戦争 (canonical)
Dai Tōa Sensō (romanization)
Dai Toua Sensau (romanization)
だいとうあせんさう (hiragana historical)

大東亜 (Dai Toā, “Greater East Asia”) + 戦争 (Sensō, “War”)


現人神

現人神 (canonical)
arahitogami (romanization)

com-ja

現人(あらひと) (arahito) + 神(かみ) (kami, “god”)

The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

(Shinto) arahitogami (deity in human form in Shinto religion)


禍津日神

禍津日神 (canonical)
magatsuhi no kami (romanization)

Of 曲(まが) (maga, “wickedness, disaster”) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 霊(ひ) (hi, “spirit”) + の (no, genitive marker) + 神(かみ) (kami, “gods”). Attested from the 10th century; included in the Engishiki (927).

ja-compound

(Shinto) the gods of calamity or misfortune

八十禍津日神

Yasomagatsuhi no kami, a god of calamity


令制国

令制国 (canonical)
ryōseikoku (romanization)

[ɾʲo̞ːse̞ːko̞kɯ̟]

(historical) province (first-level administrative divisions of Japan from 7th Century to 1868)


遣唐使

ja-noun

遣(けん)唐(とう)使(し) • (kentōshi) ^(←けんたうし (kentausi)?)

遣唐使 (canonical)
kentōshi (romanization)
kentausi (romanization)
けんたうし (hiragana historical)

(historical) a Japanese envoy to Tang China


平安時代

平安時代 (canonical)
Heian jidai (romanization)

[he̞ːã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑida̠i]

Named after 平安京 (Heian-kyō), the capital of Japan during this era.


敵性語

敵性語 (canonical)
tekiseigo (romanization)

Compound of 敵(てき)性(せい) (tekisei, “enemy's”) + 語(ご) (-go, “language; word”).

ja-compound

(historical) languages spoken by the Allied Powers and borrowed words in Japanese that originated from such languages, especially English


鎌倉街道

鎌倉街道 (canonical)
Kamakura Kaidō (romanization)

Kamakura Kaidō (roadways built during the Kamakura period converged on the military capital of Kamakura)


弥生時代

弥生時代 (canonical)
Yayoi jidai (romanization)

Named after Yayoi, Tokyo, where antiques from this era were excavated.

Yayoi period of Japan (roughly from 10th century BC to 3rd century AD)


ラッキースケベ

(manga, fandom slang) event where a young male protagonist accidentally makes intimate contact with a girl or catches an eyeful


神デレ

→ English: kamidere

Blend of 神 (kami, “god, deity”) + でれでれ (deredere, “swooningly, fawningly, schmoozingly, flirtingly”, adverb). Coined by analogy with ツンデレ (tsundere).

blend

(chiefly Japanese fiction) kamidere: a prideful, haughty character, usually a girl, who considers themselves a deity and tends to be a love interest


代理原稿

代理原稿 (canonical)
dairi genkō (romanization)

[da̠iɾʲi ɡẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

(manga) substitute manuscript, used to fill the spot of another work in an emergency


明神

(Japanese mythology) an honorific for gods


江戸時代

江戸時代 (canonical)
Edo-jidai (romanization)


遣隋使

遣隋使 (canonical)
kenzuishi (romanization)

(historical) a Japanese envoy to Sui China


神代

Compound of 神(かみ) (kami, “god”) + 代(よ) (yo, “age, times”).

ja-com

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) age of the gods


神代

Compound of 神(じん) (jin, “god”) + 代(だい) (dai, “age, times”).


アヘアヘ

Expressing a state of panting in an uncontrollable way, usually associated with being ecstatic due to sexually indecent acts.


衣被

ja-noun

衣(きぬ)被(かずき) • (kinukazuki) ^(←きぬかづき (kinukaduki)?)

衣被 (canonical)
kinukazuki (romanization)
kinukaduki (romanization)
きぬかづき (hiragana historical)

Compound of 衣(きぬ) (kinu, “clothing”) + 被(かずき) (kazuki, “thing that covers”).

ja-com

(historical) the practice in the Heian period where upper-class women would cover their faces with their clothing when they went out; the type of headdress; the women referred to


衣被

衣被 (canonical)
kinukatsugi (romanization)

an autumn dish and sake accompaniment consisting of small steamed taro potatoes


院政

(historical) cloistered rule; the indirect rule by an emperor emeritus who became a Buddhist monk

(by extension) overlordship by a retired person


トゥンク

(manga) Onomatopoeia for getting butterflies in one's stomach in reaction to something.


大明神

大明神 (canonical)
daimyōjin (romanization)

[da̠imʲo̞ːʑĩɴ]


二・二六事件

ja-pos

二(に)・二(に)六(ろく)事(じ)件(けん) • (Niniroku Jiken)

二・二六事件 (canonical)
Niniroku Jiken (romanization)

So named as the coup d'état begun on 26 February 1936.

the February 26 incident; a coup d'état attempt by the Imperial Way Faction against the Control Faction and the civilian government.


ヘンタイ

Borrowed from English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”), short for 変態性欲者(へんたいせいよくしゃ) (hentai seiyoku-sha, literally “person with abnormal sexual desires”).

ja-r

へんたい せいよく-しゃ

hentai (work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art)


防共協定

ja-pos

^ぼうきょう ^きょうてい

防(ぼう)共(きょう)協(きょう)定(てい) • (Bōkyō Kyōtei)

防共協定 (canonical)
Bōkyō Kyōtei (romanization)


あ゙

A letter to transcribe Arabic ع representing the voiced pharyngeal fricative sound /ʕ/.


けも耳

ja-noun

けも耳(みみ) or けも耳(ミミ) or けも耳(みみ) • (kemomimi)

けも耳 (canonical)
けも耳 (canonical)
kemomimi (romanization)


奉安殿

[ho̞ːã̠ndẽ̞ɴ]

(historical) a small building in pre-World War II Japanese schools to store the official portraits of the emperors and empresses and a copy of the Imperial Rescript on Education


チャッ

チャッ (canonical)
ちゃっ (canonical)
cha' (romanization)

(chiefly manga) A sharp metallic sound, such as a blade being unsheathed.


ノベルゲーム

[no̞be̞ɾɯ̟ ɡe̞ːmɯ̟]

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


はあ

ja-pos

はあ or ハア • (hā)

はあ (canonical)
ハア (canonical)
hā (romanization)

→ English: haa

(pornographic manga) The sound of heavy breathing when sexually aroused.


艦隊派

(historical) the Fleet Faction, which advocated a significant fleet expansion and denunciation of the Washington Naval Treaty. Faction supporters eventually gain power in the 1930s.


条約派

条約 (jōyaku) refers to the Washington Naval Treaty where Japan's capital ships are to be limited below the United States and United Kingdom.

(historical) the Treaty Faction, which supported the Washington Naval Treaty. Faction supporters are gradually purged by the opposing Fleet Faction in the 1930s.


奉幣

(Shinto) making an offering to the gods, especially of a gohei


奉幣

奉幣する (canonical)
hōhei suru (romanization)
奉幣し (stem)
奉幣した (past)
奉幣し
ほうへいし
hōhei shi
奉幣する
ほうへいする
hōhei suru
奉幣すれ
ほうへいすれ
hōhei sure
奉幣せよ (imperative literary)
奉幣しろ (colloquial imperative)
ほうへいせよ (imperative literary)
ほうへいしろ (colloquial imperative)
hōhei seyo (imperative literary)
hōhei shiro (colloquial imperative)
奉幣される (passive)
ほうへいされる (passive)
hōhei sareru (passive)
奉幣させる (causative)
奉幣さす (causative)
ほうへいさせる (causative)
ほうへいさす (causative)
hōhei saseru (causative)
hōhei sasu (causative)
奉幣できる (potential)
ほうへいできる (potential)
hōhei dekiru (potential)
奉幣しよう (volitional)
ほうへいしよう (volitional)
hōhei shiyō (volitional)
奉幣しない (negative)
ほうへいしない (negative)
hōhei shinai (negative)
奉幣せず (continuative negative)
ほうへいせず (continuative negative)
hōhei sezu (continuative negative)
奉幣します (formal)
ほうへいします (formal)
hōhei shimasu (formal)
奉幣した (perfective)
ほうへいした (perfective)
hōhei shita (perfective)
奉幣して (conjunctive)
ほうへいして (conjunctive)
hōhei shite (conjunctive)
奉幣すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ほうへいすれば (conditional hypothetical)
hōhei sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(Shinto) make an offering to the gods, especially a gohei


怒りマーク

怒りマーク (canonical)
ikari māku (romanization)

Compound of 怒(いか)り (ikari, “anger”) + マーク (māku, “mark”).

ja-com

(idiomatic) the 💢 symbol, popularly used in anime and manga to represent anger or frustration on a person's face


大東亜

Compound of 大(だい) (dai-, “big, large, greater”) + 東(とう)亜(あ) (Tōa, “East Asia”).

ja-compound

Japan's name for the Far East and Southeast Asia during World War II


営団

(historical) public corporation established for the public interest during World War II


営団

(historical, specifically) Short for 帝都高速度交通営団 (Teito Kōsokudo Kōtsū Eidan, “Teito Rapid Transit Authority”); the predecessor of Tokyo Metro


真榊

(Shinto) masakaki, a type of Shinto offering with branches of cleyera japonica attached to banners