死に神
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 死 | 神 |
| し Grade: 3 |
かみ > がみ Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 死に神 (kyūjitai) 死神 |
Etymology[edit]
First attested in the mid-Edo period, cited to a text in 1709.[1]
Compound of 死に (shini, “dying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 死ぬ (shinu), “to die”) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”).[1][2] The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: shinigami
See also[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- the Grim Reaper (personification of death)
- a rakugo loosely based on the opera Crispino e la comare and revolves around an impoverished man meeting a shinigami
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 死 read as し
- Japanese terms spelled with 神 read as かみ
- Japanese terms with rendaku
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- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Cartomancy
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