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”).


アフラ・マズダー

[a̠ɸɯ̟ɾa̠ ma̠zɨda̠ː]


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).


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).

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


メントール

[mẽ̞nto̞ːɾɯ̟]


メントール

[mẽ̞nto̞ːɾɯ̟]


下忍

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


アマゾーン

ja-pos

アマゾーン • (Amazōn)

[a̠ma̠zõ̞ːɴ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών sg (Amazṓn, “Amazon”)


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)


ドリュアス

[do̞ɾʲɨa̠sɨ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás).


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


パパ・ブッシュ

From パパ (papa, “father”) + ブッシュ (Busshu, “Bush”), to distinguish him from George W. Bush, his son and the 43rd President.

af

(informal) George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States


プロメーテウス

[pɯ̟ɾo̞me̞ːte̞ɯ̟sɨ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús)


エーオース

ja-pos

エーオース • (Ēōsu)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs)


アウローラ

ja-pos

アウローラ • (Aurōra)

[a̠ɯ̟ɾo̞ːɾa̠]


夜摩

Transliteration of Sanskrit यम (yamá). Doublet of 閻魔 (Enma).


タンタロス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos)


ニオベー

ja-pos

ニオベー • (Niobē)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Νιόβη (Nióbē)


ミダース

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μίδας (Mídas)


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


ディケー

ja-pos

ディケー • (Dikē)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δίκη (Díkē)


ユースティティア

ja-pos

ユースティティア • (Yūsutitia)


キマイラ

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira).


プーチン

ウラジーミル・プーチン

Пу́тин Путин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́тин (Pútin), Putin


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)


金烏

zh-l

金烏／金乌 (jīnwū)

(Chinese mythology) a golden crow, one of the embodiments of the ten suns, nine of whom were shot down by the hero Hou Yi


如意宝珠

如意宝珠 (canonical)
Nyoi Hōju (romanization)

[ɲ̟o̞i ho̞ːʑɨ]

Translation of Sanskrit चिन्तामणि (cintāmaṇi).
From 如意 (nyoi, “as one's wishes”) + 宝珠 (hōju, “gem, jewel”).

com

(Buddhism, Hinduism) the Cintamani stone, a wish-fulfilling jewel


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)


ビーナス

(Roman mythology) Venus, the Roman goddess


ワンダーウーマン

ja-pos

ワンダーウーマン • (Wandā Ūman)

[β̞ã̠nda̠ː ɯ̟ːmã̠ɴ]


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)


ウィクトーリア

[β̞ikɯ̟to̞ːɾʲia̠]


ニーケー

ja-pos

ニーケー • (Nīkē)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē)


ポーモーナ

ja-pos

ポーモーナ • (Pōmōna)


ヘレネー

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē)


イオーン

ja-pos

イオーン • (Iōn)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn)


エウローペー

ja-pos

エウローペー • (Eurōpē)

[e̞ɯ̟ɾo̞ːpe̞ː]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē). Doublet of ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa, “Europe”).


祝融

(Chinese mythology) Zhurong (a Chinese god of fire and of the south)


松風

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


ヒンドゥー

ja-noun

ヒンドゥー • (Hindū)


ヒンドゥー教

ja-pos

ヒンドゥー教(きょう) • (Hindū-kyō)

ヒンドゥー教 (canonical)
Hindū-kyō (romanization)

[çĩndɯ̟ː kʲo̞ː]

From ヒンドゥー (Hindū, “Hindu”) + 教 (-kyō, “religion”).


プルタルコス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πλούταρχος (Ploútarkhos)


タレス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Θαλῆς (Thalês)


ヘーシオドス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἡσῐ́οδος (Hēsíodos)


パンドーラー

ja-pos

パンドーラー • (Pandōrā)

[pã̠ndo̞ːɾa̠ː]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πᾰνδώρᾱ (Pandṓrā)


パンドーラーの箱

ja-pos

^パンドーラー の はこ

パンドーラーの箱 (canonical)
Pandōrā no hako (romanization)

From パンドーラー (Pandōrā, “Pandora”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 箱 (hako, “box”).


エウクレイデス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης (Eukleídēs)


シヴァ

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिव (śiva)


ヴィシュヌ

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu)


ブラフマー

[bɯ̟ɾa̠ɸɯ̟ma̠ː]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā)


バラモン教

バラモン教 (canonical)
Baramonkyō (romanization)

[ba̠ɾa̠mõ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

From バラモン (baramon, “brahmin”) + 教 (-kyō, “religion”), from Chinese 婆羅門教／婆罗门教 (póluómén jiào).


クレオパトラ

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra)

lbor

2002 February 18, Inokuma, Shinobu, “LAST(ラスト) PART(パート) サラダデイズは永(えい)遠(えん)に… [Last Part: Forever Salad Days…]”, in SALAD(サラダ) DAYS(デイズ) [Salad Days], volume 18 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 187–188:

A quote from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Cleopatra said that when she was looking back at her past. We have some… "salad days", too, kinda like them.

シェイクスピアのね、「アントニーとクレオパトラ」の中の一節。過去をふり返ってクレオパトラが言う台詞だよ。あの二人は私たちの…〝サラダデイズ〟だわ。

Sheikusupia no ne,“Antonī to Kureopatora” no naka no issetsu. Kako o furikaette Kureopatora ga iu serifu da yo. Ano futari wa watashitachi no…〝sarada deizu〟da wa.

ja:クレオパトラ (曖昧さ回避)
ja:クレオパトラ7世


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


ジッグラト

[d͡ʑiɡ̚ɡ̊ɯ̟ɾa̠to̞]


アッシリア

[a̠ɕːiɾʲia̠]


プトレマイオス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos)


肥沃な三日月地帯

ja-pos

^ひよく な ^みかづき ^ちたい

肥(ひ)沃(よく)な三(み)日(か)月(づき)地(ち)帯(たい) • (Hiyoku na Mikazuki Chitai)

肥沃な三日月地帯 (canonical)
Hiyoku na Mikazuki Chitai (romanization)

From 肥沃 (hiyoku, “fertile”) + な (na) + 三日月 (mikazuki, “crescent-shaped”) + 地帯 (chitai, “area”).


死者の書

死者の書 (canonical)
Shisha no Sho (romanization)

Calque of German Todtenbuch (modern spelling: Totenbuch), equivalent to 死者 (shisha, “dead person”) + の (no, possessive/attributive particle) + 書 (sho, “book”)


スター・ウォーズ

ja-pos

スター・ウォーズ • (Sutā Wōzu)

[sɨta̠ː β̞o̞ːzɨ]


アレクサンドロス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). Doublet of アレクサンダー (Arekusandā).


ビザンティン

(attributive) the quality of being Byzantine


アレクサンドロス大王

ja-pos

アレクサンドロス だいおう

アレクサンドロス大(だい)王(おう) • (Arekusandorosu Daiō)

アレクサンドロス大王 (canonical)
Arekusandorosu Daiō (romanization)

From アレクサンドロス (Arekusandorosu, “Alexander”) + 大王 (daiō, “great king”).

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ja:アレクサンドロス3世


ビザンティン帝国

ビザンティン帝国 (canonical)
Bizantin Teikoku (romanization)

Calque of English Byzantine Empire, equivalent to ビザンティン (Bizantin, “Byzantine”) + 帝国 (teikoku, “empire”)

東ローマ帝国 東ローマ帝国#Japanese

(history) Synonym of 東ローマ帝国 (Higashi Rōma Teikoku, “Eastern Roman Empire”); the Byzantine Empire


カリグラ

[ka̠ɾʲiɡɯ̟ɾa̠]


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”).

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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)


バステト

(Egyptian mythology) Bastet - the ancient Egyptian goddess of cosmetics, cats, love, etc.


セクメト

(Egyptian mythology) Sekhmet - the ancient Egyptian goddess of illness.


ハトホル

(Egyptian mythology) Hathor - the ancient Egyptian goddess of love, beauty, music, etc.


シュー

(Egyptian mythology) Shu (the ancient Egyptian god of peace, air and wind)


イヒ

(Egyptian mythology) Ihy - the ancient Egyptian god of joy


テフヌト

(Egyptian mythology) Tefnut - the ancient Egyptian goddess of moisture, dew and rain


アメン

(Egyptian mythology) Amun - the ancient Egyptian god of hidden things


アトゥム

(Egyptian mythology) Atum - ancient Egyptian god


セベク

(Egyptian mythology) Sobek; the ancient Egyptian god of fertility


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


ホルス

From Late Latin Hōrus, from Ancient Greek Ὧρος (Hôros), from Egyptian ḥr.


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”)

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


吉祥天

吉祥天 (canonical)
Kichijōten (romanization)

[kʲit͡ɕiʑo̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Daijirin Daijisen Kisshōten ja:吉祥天 ja:松村明

From Middle Chinese 吉祥天 (MC kjit zjang then), possibly as a shortening of 吉祥天女 (MC kjit zjang then nrjoX), a translation of Sanskrit श्रीमहादेवी (śrīmahādevī, literally “great goddess of wealth and prosperity”).
Analyzable as a compound of 吉祥 (kichijō, “auspicious sign, good omen”) + 天 (ten, “heavens”).

compound

(Buddhism, Hinduism) the Japanese Buddhist depiction of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity


吉祥天

吉祥天 (canonical)
Kisshōten (romanization)

[kʲiɕːo̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Compound of 吉祥 (kisshō, “auspicious sign, good omen”) + 天 (ten, “heavens”).


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).

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(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.

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


符籙

zh-l

符籙／符箓 (fúlù)

1952, 幸(こう)田(だ)露(ろ)伴(はん) (Kōda Rohan), 魔(ま)法(ほう)修(しゅ)行(ぎょう)者(しゃ) (Mahō Shugyōsha):

勿論道家と仏家は互に相奪っているから、支那において既に混淆しており、従って日本においても修験道の所為など道家くさいこともあり、仏家が「九字」をきるなど、道家の咒を用いたり、符籙の類を用いたりしている。

Mochiron Dōka to Bukke wa katami ni ai-ubatte iru kara, Shina ni oite sude ni konkō shite ori, shitagatte Nihon ni oite mo shugendō no shoi nado Dōka-kusai koto mo ari, Bukke ga “kuji” o kiru nado, Dōka no noroi o mochiitari, furoku no tagui o mochiitari shite iru.

(rare, Taoism) a fulu: a kind of written charm or talisman used in China by Taoist pilgrims


道徳経

ja-pos

道(どう)徳(とく)経(きょう) • (Dōtokukyō) ^(←だうとくきやう (Dautokukyau)?)

道徳経 (canonical)
Dōtokukyō (romanization)
Dautokukyau (romanization)
だうとくきやう (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 道德經 (MC dawX tok keng|kengH). Analyzable as a compound of 道徳 (dōtoku, “morality”) + 経 (kyō, “sutra, scripture”).

Daijirin
Daijisen
Tao Te Ching
ja:松村明
ja:老子道徳経


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.

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(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


タイラント

(historical, Ancient Greece) a tyrant (one who gains power and rules extralegally)


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


ウパニシャッド

[ɯ̟pa̠ɲ̟iɕa̠d̚d̥o̞]


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


たすき

tasuki (romanization)
たすき (hiragana historical)

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


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

a type of Noh mask representing ghosts or spirits


おやびん

おやびん (canonical)
オヤビン (canonical)
Oyabin (romanization)

Alteration of 親分(おやぶん) (oyabun, “boss; father figure”).

ja-r

2020 November 6, Haruna Yamazaki, quoting an anonymous Twitter user from October 28, 2019, “Saikin Twitter de yoku miru ‘Oyabin’ tte dare no koto? [Who is this ‘Oyabin’ we see mentioned on Twitter recently?]”, in BuzzFeed Japan:

Tchina is terrible, huh. I want Boss Trump to do something.

厨国ひどいな。トランプおやびんに何とかしてもらいたい。

Chūgoku hidoi na. Toranpu-oyabin ni nantokashite morai tai.

2021 March 29, Nakayama Toshihiro, “Miete kita Baiden gaikō no rinkaku... mō ‘Toranpu-oyabin’ wa inai [A look at Biden’s diplomacy... ‘Boss Trump’ is gone]”, in FNN Prime Online:

President Trump was called Oyabin by some Japanese Trump supporters. In the Trump era, in some sense, it was good to follow Oyabin.

トランプ大統領のことを一部の日本のトランプ支持者たちは、「おやびん」と呼んでいた。トランプ時代は、ある意味、「おやびん」の後をついていけば良かった。

Toranpu Daitōryō no koto o ichibu no Nihon no Toranpu shijishatachi wa, “Oyabin” to yondeita. Toranpu jidai wa, aru imi, “Oyabin” no ato o tsuite ikeba yokatta.

(Internet slang, endearing, used by supporters) Donald Trump, American president


ラーマーヤナ

ja-pos

ラーマーヤナ • (Rāmāyana)

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit रामायण (rāmāyaṇa).


不平等条約

ja-noun

ふびょうどう じょうやく

不(ふ)平(びょう)等(どう)条(じょう)約(やく) • (fubyōdō jōyaku) ^(←ふびやうどうでうやく (fubyaudou deuyaku)?)

不平等条約 (canonical)
fubyōdō jōyaku (romanization)
fubyaudou deuyaku (romanization)
ふびやうどうでうやく (hiragana historical)

[ɸɯ̟bʲo̞ːdo̞ː d͡ʑo̞ːja̠kɯ̟]

Compound of 不(ふ)平(びょう)等(どう) (fubyōdō) + 条(じょう)約(やく) (jōyaku).

ja-com

unequal treaty (treaty forced upon weaker nations by imperialist power)


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)


マンダラ

Ultimately from Sanskrit मण्डल (maṇḍala, literally “circle”).

der

2017 July 28, “Inori no katachi, Bosuton Bijutsukan no shihō ten [Praying figures, Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ greatest treasures displayed]”, in Nihon Keizai Shimbun, page 9:

Surrounding Fudō’s shrine are various large and small stones covered in moss, and above these a large stone carved statue of Buddha, creating a mysterious atmosphere like a mandala.

不動堂を囲むように置かれた大小さまざまな岩はコケむし、岩の上には石に彫られた仏像が配されて、まるでマンダラのような神秘的な空間をつくり出している。

Fudōdō o kakomu yō ni okareta daishō samazama na iwa wa kokemushi, iwa no ue ni wa ishi ni horareta butsuzō ga haisarete, marude mandara no yō na shinpiteki na kūkan o tsukuri dashite-iru.


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”)


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”)

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


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


インキュバス

[ĩŋʲkʲɨba̠sɨ]


迷い家

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

af

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

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

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


山海経

ja-pos

山(せん)海(がい)経(きょう) • (Sengaikyō) ^(←せんがいきゃう (Sengaikyau)?)

山(さん)海(かい)経(きょう) • (Sankaikyō) ^(←さんかいきゃう (Sankaikyau)?)

山海経 (canonical)
Sengaikyō (romanization)
Sengaikyau (romanization)
せんがいきゃう (hiragana historical)
山海経 (canonical)
Sankaikyō (romanization)
Sankaikyau (romanization)
さんかいきゃう (hiragana historical)

[sẽ̞ŋɡa̠ikʲo̞ː]


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)


書紀

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


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)


句句廼馳

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

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

af

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


神世七代

神世七代 (canonical)
Kamiyo Nanayo (romanization)

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


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”).

af

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)


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”).

af

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)


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)


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”).

af

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)


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


天之瓊矛

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”)


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)


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


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


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


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


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)


因幡の白兎

ja-pos

^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))


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


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)


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)


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”).

af

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


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


玉依姫

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


三種の神器

^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))


鸕鷀草葺不合

ja-pos

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


カムバ

カムバック カムバック#Japanese

(South Korean idol fandom) Short for カムバック.


サセン

Borrowed from Korean 사생팬 (sasaengpaen), from 사생(私生) (sasaeng, “private life”) + 팬 (paen, “fan”).

(South Korean idol fandom) sasaeng (extremely obsessive K-pop fan whose fixation on an idol is unhealthy and intrusive)


ヒョンライン

[ço̞n̺ ɾa̠ĩɴ]

Borrowed from Korean 형 라인 (hyeong rain).

(South Korean idol fandom) hyung line (elder members of a male K-pop group as a collective)


マンネライン

[mã̠nːe̞ ɾa̠ĩɴ]

Borrowed from Korean 막내 라인 (mangnae rain).

bor+

(South Korean idol fandom) maknae line (younger members of a K-pop group as a collective)


カムバック

From English comeback.
The idol fandom sense is a semantic loan from Korean 컴백 (keombaek, literally “comeback”).

semantic loan

(South Korean idol fandom) new release after a break, and the associated activity following it


カムバック

カムバックする (canonical)
kamubakku suru (romanization)
カムバックし (stem)
カムバックした (past)
カムバックし
kamubakku shi
カムバックする
kamubakku suru
カムバックすれ
kamubakku sure
カムバックせよ (imperative literary)
カムバックしろ (colloquial imperative)
kamubakku seyo (imperative literary)
kamubakku shiro (colloquial imperative)
カムバックされる (passive)
kamubakku sareru (passive)
カムバックさせる (causative)
カムバックさす (causative)
kamubakku saseru (causative)
kamubakku sasu (causative)
カムバックできる (potential)
kamubakku dekiru (potential)
カムバックしよう (volitional)
kamubakku shiyō (volitional)
カムバックしない (negative)
kamubakku shinai (negative)
カムバックせず (continuative negative)
kamubakku sezu (continuative negative)
カムバックします (formal)
kamubakku shimasu (formal)
カムバックした (perfective)
kamubakku shita (perfective)
カムバックして (conjunctive)
kamubakku shite (conjunctive)
カムバックすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kamubakku sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(South Korean idol fandom, of an idol or idol group) to make a new release after a break


クリンナップ

[kɯ̟ɾʲĩnːa̠p̚pɯ̟]

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


シュタージ

Stasi (secret police and intelligence organization of East Germany)


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


統制派

the Tōseiha (Control 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)


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)


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).


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”)


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


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)


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”).

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


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


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)


倉稲魂

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)


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


Jアノン

Jアノン (canonical)
Jei Anon (romanization)

[d͡ʑe̞ː a̠nõ̞ɴ]

Blend of English Japanese + Qアノン (Kyū Anon, “QAnon”)


Qアノン

Qアノン (canonical)
Kyū Anon (romanization)

[kʲɨː a̠nõ̞ɴ]


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”)


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


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)


ジェダイ

Borrowed from English Jedi, said to be adapted from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki, “period drama”).


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


軍票

ja-noun

軍(ぐん)票(ぴょう) • (gunpyō) ^(←ぐんぺう (gunpeu)?)

軍票 (canonical)
gunpyō (romanization)
gunpeu (romanization)
ぐんぺう (hiragana historical)

[ɡɯ̟̃mpʲo̞ː]

軍用手票

軍用手票 ぐんようしゅひょう


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

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.


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)


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)


プーチン主義

プーチン主義 (canonical)
pūchinshugi (romanization)

[pɯ̟ːt͡ɕĩɰ̃ɕɨɡʲi]

(politics) Putinism (the political policies of Vladimir Putin)


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


クリントン

[kɯ̟ɾʲĩntõ̞ɴ]

A transliteration of the English surname Clinton


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


大祖国戦争

ja-pos

大(だい)祖(そ)国(こく)戦(せん)争(そう) • (Dai Sokoku Sensō)

大祖国戦争 (canonical)
Dai Sokoku Sensō (romanization)

Calque of Russian Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná).

calque

Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́


ミッドウェー島

ja-pos

ミッドウェー島(とう) • (Middowē Tō)

ミッドウェー島 (canonical)
Middowē Tō (romanization)

[mʲid̚d̥o̞β̞e̞ː to̞ː]

Partial calque of English Midway Islands.


天一神

ja-pos

天一神(なかがみ) or 天(てん)一(いち)神(じん) • (Nakagami or Ten'ichijin)

天一神 (canonical)
天一神 (canonical)
Nakagami (romanization)
Ten'ichijin (romanization)

[tẽ̞ɰ̃it͡ɕiʑĩɴ]

(Taoism) god in the practice of Onmyōdō, who is believed to travel in all directions and preside over good fortune and calamities


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


上エジプト

上エジプト (canonical)
Kamiejiputo (romanization)

(Egyptology) Upper Egypt (southern part of Ancient Egypt)


下エジプト

下エジプト (canonical)
Shimoejiputo (romanization)

(Egyptology) Lower Egypt (northern part of Ancient Egypt)


大陸政策

ja-pos

大(たい)陸(りく)政(せい)策(さく) • (Tairiku Seisaku)

大陸政策 (canonical)
Tairiku Seisaku (romanization)

(historical) Continental Policy (a Pan-Asian strategy pursued by Japan between the Meiji Restoration and Japan's expansion during World War II, aiming to conquer Japan's neighboring countries such as Korea and China to dominate East Asia)


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.


アンク

Borrowed from English ankh, from Egyptian ꜥnḫ (“life, to live, symbol for life”), anx-Z1


阿片戦争

阿片戦争 (canonical)
Ahen Sensō (romanization)

[a̠he̞ɰ̃ sẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]

Opium War
(specifically) the First Opium War


ヴィシー政権

ヴィシー政権 (canonical)
vishī seiken (romanization)

[bʲiɕiː se̞ːkẽ̞ɴ]


アルザス・ロレーヌ

[a̠ɾɯ̟za̠sɨ ɾo̞ɾe̞ːnɯ̟]

Alsace-Lorraine (a historical state in Germany (1871-1918), modern part of Grand Est region in France)

ja:アルザス・ロレーヌ


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.


凌遅

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 凌遲 (língchí).


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)


大粛清

大粛清 (canonical)
Daishukusei (romanization)

(Soviet Union, historical) the Great Purge


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)


国防色

国防色 (canonical)
kokubōshoku (romanization)

[ko̞kɯ̟bo̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Compound of 国防 (kokubō, “national defense”) + 色 (shoku, “color”).

com+

a type of khaki that was widely used in Japanese military uniform and rationed civilian uniform during World War II


国民服

国民服 (canonical)
kokuminfuku (romanization)

[ko̞kɯ̟mʲĩɰ̃ɸɯ̟kɯ̟]

Compound of 国民 (kokumin, “national; citizen”) + 服 (fuku, “dress”).

(historical) the rationed civilian uniform for Japanese male worn in World War II from 1940 to 1945


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


A級戦犯

A級戦犯 (canonical)
ēkyū senpan (romanization)

[e̞ːkʲɨː sẽ̞mpã̠ɴ]

So named because such war criminals are charged against Paragraph (a) of Article 5 of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Charter, which punished crimes against peace and aggression.

crimes against peace
crimes against peace

(historical) one of the 12 German or 28 Japanese war criminals prosecuted for crimes against peace and aggression in the Nuremberg trials or Tokyo trial


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.


オンニ

(South Korean idol fandom) unnie (older female member of an idol group)


ヒョン

(South Korean idol fandom) hyung (older male member of an idol group)


オンニライン

[õ̞ɲ̟ːi ɾa̠ĩɴ]

Borrowed from Korean 언니 라인 (eonni rain).

(South Korean idol fandom) unnie line (elder members of a female K-pop group as a collective)


マンネ

(South Korean idol fandom) maknae (youngest member of an idol group)


カシャグ

Borrowed from Tibetan བཀའ་ཤག (bka' shag).

bor+

(historical) Kashag (the governing council of Tibet from 1721 to 1959)

Kashag (the governing council of the Tibetan government in exile)


東側諸国

ja-pos

東(ひがし)側(がわ)諸(しょ)国(こく) • (Higashigawa Shokoku)

東側諸国 (canonical)
Higashigawa Shokoku (romanization)

[çiɡa̠ɕiɡa̠β̞a̠ ɕo̞ko̞kɯ̟]

Compound of 東側 (Higashi-gawa, “Eastern”) + 諸国 (shokoku, “countries”).


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)
ikarimāku (romanization)

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

ja-com

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


シロヴィキ

Borrowed from Russian силовики (siloviki).


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