八百万
Japanese edit
Etymology edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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八 | 百 | 万 |
や Grade: 1 |
お Grade: 1 |
よろず Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
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八百萬 (kyūjitai) |
八百 (yao, “eight hundred”) + 万 (yorozu, “ten thousand”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) やおよろず [yàóyóꜜròzù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- (Tokyo) やおよろず [yàóyórózú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ja̠o̞jo̞ɾo̞zɨᵝ]
Noun edit
八百万 • (yaoyorozu) ←やほよろづ (yafoyorodu)?
- (Shinto) eight million, used to depict the number of kami
- a myriad; a multitude; a countless large number or amount
Derived terms edit
- 八百万の神 (yaoyorozu no kami, “all the deities”)