大山積神

Japanese edit

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大山積

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Ōyamatsumi

Kanji in this term
大	山	積	神
おお Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1	つみ Grade: 4	かみ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
大山積神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Originally a compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 神 (mi, “god, spirit”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, spirit”, also used as an honorific epithet for gods). The use of 積 (tsumi, “packing; piling; loading”) to spell the tsu mi portion is an example of phonetic ateji.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [o̞ːja̠ma̠t͡sɨᵝmʲi no̞ ka̠mʲi]

Proper noun edit

大山積神(おおやまつみのかみ) • (Ōyamatsumi no Kami) ^{←おほやまつみのかみ (ofoyamatuminokami)^?}

大山祇: (mythology, Shinto) the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo