Yomi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 黄泉 (yomi).

Proper noun

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Yomi

  1. The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures.
    • 2017, Helen Hardacre, Shinto: A History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51:
      After Izanagi returns to the earth, he rolls a boulder into the pass, making it impossible for anyone who has gone to Yomi to return. This story can be taken as a myth of the origin of death.