しにがみ

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of しにがみ – see the following entry.
死に神
[noun] a god or spirit who leads humans toward their death
[noun] (tarot) Death
[proper noun] the Grim Reaper (personification of death)
[proper noun] a rakugo loosely based on the opera Crispino e la comare and revolves around an impoverished man meeting a shinigami
Alternative spelling
死神
(This term, しにがみ (shinigami), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)