"黃泉" meaning in Old Japanese

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Noun

Forms: よみ [hiragana]
Etymology: From Proto-Japonic *yəməy. The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 黃泉 (MC hwang dzjwen, literally “yellow springs”), incorporating the underworld from Chinese mythology. Etymology templates: {{inh|ojp|jpx-pro|*yəməy|sort=よみ}} Proto-Japonic *yəməy, {{obor|ja|ltc|-|nocap=1|sort=よみ}} orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|黃泉|lit=yellow springs}} 黃泉 (MC hwang dzjwen, literally “yellow springs”) Head templates: {{head|ojp|noun|kana|よみ|sort=よみ|tr=*yo₂mi₂}} 黃泉 (*yo₂mi₂) (kana よみ)
  1. (Shinto mythology) the land of the dead, afterworld, underworld Derived forms: 黃泉つ (yo2mo2 tu), 蘇る (yo2mi2gape1ru), 黃泉路 (yo2mi2di) Coordinate_terms: 葦原の中つ國 (asipara no2 nakatukuni), 高天原 (takama no2 para)

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