Japanese

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Kanji in this term
よも(つ)
Hyōgai
く > ぐ
Grade: 2
Grade: 2 Grade: 6
jukujikun kun'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 黄泉(よも) (yomo) + (tsu, genitive marker) + 竈食(へぐ) (hegui).

Noun

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黄泉(よもつ)()() (yomotsuheguiよもつへぐひ (yomotufegufi)?

  1. eating food prepared from the kettle in the underworld; it is believed that once this food is eaten, the dead may never return to the land of the living
    • 712: Kojiki
      爾伊邪那美命答白、悔哉、不速來。吾者爲黄泉戸喫
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    • 720: Nihon Shoki
      吾已湌泉之竃矣。 [...] 湌泉之竃、此云譽母都俳遇比
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