"鬼神" meaning in Japanese

See 鬼神 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kʲiʑĩɴ], [kʲiɕĩɴ] Forms: 鬼神 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じん)), 鬼神 [canonical] (ruby: (), (しん)), kijin [romanization], kishin [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 鬼神 (MC kjw+jX zyin, “devil, devilish + god, spirit”). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|鬼神|devil, devilish + god, spirit}} 鬼神 (MC kjw+jX zyin, “devil, devilish + god, spirit”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|きじん|きしん}} 鬼(き)神(じん) or 鬼(き)神(しん) • (kijin or kishin)
  1. a fierce god or spirit
    Sense id: en-鬼神-ja-noun-il8zQ94u
  2. all of the spirits and souls and gods of the world Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-鬼神-ja-noun-C~8j5u46 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 3 27 35 35 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 53 41 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 45 47 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 47 45 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 4 49 38 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 45 45 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 48 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 3 42 44 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 61 30 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 65 29 4
  3. (Buddhism) someone with superhuman power or ability, such as Śakra, the ruler of heaven, or a rakshasa or demon Categories (topical): Buddhism, Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-鬼神-ja-noun-tI43PMec Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 3 27 35 35 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 45 47 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 47 45 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 10 30 40 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 45 45 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 48 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 3 42 44 11 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [o̞ɲ̟iɡa̠mʲi] Forms: 鬼神 [canonical] (ruby: (おに), (がみ)), onigami [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 鬼 (oni, “devil, demon, malevolent spirit”) + 神 (kami, “spirit, god”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The term may have arisen as the native-Japanese reading of the Middle Chinese derived term kijin above. Found in the Kokin Wakashū, published in roughly 905 CE. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|鬼|神|sort=おにがみ|t1=devil, demon, malevolent spirit|t2=spirit, god|tr1=oni|tr2=kami}} 鬼 (oni, “devil, demon, malevolent spirit”) + 神 (kami, “spirit, god”), {{rendaku2|kami|gami|sort=おにがみ}} The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁)., {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|おにがみ}} 鬼(おに)神(がみ) • (onigami)
  1. an invisible spirit, particularly a fierce one Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-鬼神-ja-noun-VzlrY5X0 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 3 27 35 35 Categories (other): Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 3 42 44 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "ipa": "[o̞ɲ̟iɡa̠mʲi]"
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Kokin Wakashū"
  ],
  "word": "鬼神"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 鬼神 meaning in Japanese (4.6kB)

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