大山祇
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 大 | 山 | 祇 |
| おお Grade: 1 |
やま Grade: 1 |
み Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi | ||
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 大山津見 大山積 |
Etymology
[edit]Originally a compound of 大 (ō, “great”) + 山 (yama, “mountain”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 神 (mi, “god, spirit”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]大山祇 • (Ōyamatsumi) ←おほやまつみ (Ofoyamatumi)?
- (mythology, Shinto, Japanese mythology) the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo
Usage notes
[edit]Often followed by an epithet, such as の命 (no mikoto, “august, the venerable”) or の神 (no kami, “the god”).[1][2]
This spelling appears to be the most common.
Synonyms
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[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 大 read as おお
- Japanese terms spelled with 山 read as やま
- Japanese terms spelled with 祇 read as み
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
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