Amaterasu

English

Amaterasu emerging out of a cave, bringing sunlight back to the universe

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (Amaterasu), from 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something”).

Pronunciation

• (EN) IPA^(key): /ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/
• Rhymes: -ɑːsuː

Proper noun

Amaterasu

1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese sun goddess, and most important Shinto deity; she is the daughter of Izanagi and Izanami and the sister of Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Ōyamatsumi, and Kagutsuchi.

   Synonym: Amaterasu-ōmikami

2. (poetic) The Sun itself.

Coordinate terms

• Ame-no-Uzume
• Izanagi
• Izanami
• Kagutsuchi
• Ōyamatsumi
• Susanoo
• Tsukuyomi

Translations

Japanese sun goddess

• Arabic: أَمَاتِيرَاسُو f (ʔamātīrāsū)
• Belarusian: Аматэрасу f (Amaterasu)
• Bulgarian: Аматерасу f (Amaterasu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天照大神 (zh) (Tiānzhàodàshén)

• French: Amaterasu f
• Georgian: ამატერასუ (amaṭerasu)
• German: Amaterasu f
• Greek: Αματεράσου f (Amaterásou)
• Hebrew: אָמָטֵרָאסוּ f (Amaterásu)
• Italian: Amaterasu f
• Japanese: 天照 (Amaterasu), 天照大神, 天照大御神 (Amaterasu Ōmikami)
• Korean: 아마테라스 (Amateraseu), 아마테라스 오미카미 (Amateraseu omikami)
• Malayalam: അമതേരസു (amatērasu)
• Marathi: आमातेरासु f (āmāterāsu)
• Persian: آماتِراسو (âmâterâsu)
• Polish: Amaterasu (pl) f
• Portuguese: Amaterasu f
• Punjabi: ਆਮਾਤੇਰਸ f (āmāteras)
• Russian: Аматэрасу (ru) f (Amatɛrasu)
• Spanish: Amaterasu f
• Tamil: அமதெரசு (amateracu)
• Thai: อะมะเตะระซุ (à-má-dtè-rá-sú)
• Ukrainian: Аматерасу f (Amaterasu)
• Vietnamese: Amaterasu, Thiên Chiếu

Japanese

Romanization

Amaterasu

1. Rōmaji transcription of あまてらす
2. Rōmaji transcription of アマテラス

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (あまてらす, Amaterasu), from 天 (あま, ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (てらす, terasu, “to illuminate”).

Proper noun

Amaterasu f

1. (mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu (Japanese sun goddess)