野槌

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
つち
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
野雷
野椎
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
つち > づち
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
野雷
野椎
 野槌 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Old Japanese [Term?]. (no, moor) +‎ (tsu, genitive marker) +‎ (chi, spirit).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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()(づち) or ()(つち) (Nozuchi or Notsuchi

  1. (Japanese mythology) the goddess of grass and plains, daughter of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and 伊弉冉 (Izanami)
    Synonym: 草野姫 (Kayanohime)

Noun

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()(づち) (nozuchi

  1. (Japanese mythology, mythology) a snake-like yokai
  2. Synonym of 槌の子 (tsuchi no ko, snake-like yokai)