shinigami
See also: Shinigami
English
Etymology
Borrowing from Japanese 死神 (shinigami, “a god or spirit of death”).
Noun
shinigami (plural shinigami)
- (Japanese mythology) A deity and/or personification of death.
Japanese
Noun
shinigami
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