荒魂

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
あら
Grade: S
みたま
Grade: S
kun’yomi
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Compound of (ara, rough, wild, violent) +‎ (mi, honorific prefix) +‎ , (tama, soul).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠mʲita̠ma̠]

Noun[edit]

(あら)(みたま) (aramitama

  1. (Shinto, rare) one of the four souls of one's spirit, or one of the four aspects of a kami, manifesting characteristics of wildness and violence, possibly also decisiveness and courage
Usage notes[edit]

This kanji spelling for this reading is less common in dictionaries, which list 荒御魂 instead.[1][2][3] However, the shorter kanji spelling 荒魂 with the aramitama reading appears to be more common in various other reference works,[4][5][6] as well as in actual usage.

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
あら
Grade: S
たま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of (ara, rough, wild, violent) +‎ (tama, soul).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(あら)(たま) (aratama

  1. (rare) (same as aramitama above)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ 荒魂”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  5. ^ 荒魂”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  6. ^ 荒魂”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998

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