冥土

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冥	土
めい Grade: S	ど Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 冥途

Noun

冥(めい)土(ど) • (meido) 

1. (Buddhism) Hades; underworld; the world of the dead

Synonyms

• 冥界(めいかい) (meikai)
• 冥(めい)府(ふ) (meifu)
• あの世(よ) (anoyo)
• 黄泉(よみ) (yomi)

Idioms

• 冥土(めいど)の土産(みやげ) (meido no miyage): something that one wants to see or do before one dies; a final wish

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.