アマテラス

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of アマテラス – see the following entries.

【天照あまてらす】 [proper noun] (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess [proper noun] (poetic) the Sun [verb] (epithet) heavenly, august, in heaven (from the literal sense of “shining in heaven” as an honorific verb phrase; used to modify a noun or noun phrase) Alternative spelling あまでらす

【天照あまてらす】 [verb] (Classical Japanese, honorific, literal, Japanese mythology, of gods and heavenly bodies) Alternative form of 天照る (amateru, “to shine in heaven”) [verb] (Classical Japanese, honorific, figurative, of a ruler) to rule a nation Alternative spelling あまでらす

(This term, アマテラス, is the katakana spelling of the above terms.)