海神

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Chinese

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ocean; sea
God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
simp. and trad.
(海神)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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海神

  1. sea god
  2. Poseidon; Neptune

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 2
じん
Grade: 3
goon
Alternative spelling
海神 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
わた(の)
Grade: 2
かみ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
海神 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
わた
Grade: 2
かみ > がみ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
海神 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
わた(つ)
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
海神 (kyūjitai)
綿津見
 海神 on Japanese Wikipedia
 List of water deities on Wikipedia

Etymology

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Watatsumi: Old Japanese, (sea) +‎ (archaic genitive particle) +‎ (spirit)

Watagami: +‎ (god)

Wata no kami: +‎ (genitive particle) +‎ (god)

Kaijin: Middle Chinese 海神 (MC xojX zyin).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(わたつ)() or (わた)(がみ) or (わたの)(かみ) (watatsumi or watagami or wata no kami

  1. (Japanese mythology) a sea god
    Coordinate term: 山祇 (yamatsumi)

(かい)(じん) (kaijin

  1. a sea god

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN