八百万

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
八	百	万
や Grade: 1	お Grade: 1	よろず Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
八百萬 (kyūjitai)

八百(やお) (yao, “eight hundred”) + 万(よろず) (yorozu, “ten thousand”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やおよ​ろず [yàóyóꜜròzù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) やおよろず [yàóyórózú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠o̞jo̞ɾo̞zɨᵝ]

Noun

八(や)百(お)万(よろず) • (yaoyorozu) ^{←やほよろづ (yafoyorodu)?}

1. (Shinto) eight million, used to depict the number of kami
2. a myriad; a multitude; a countless large number or amount

Derived terms

• 八(や)百(お)万(よろず)の神(かみ) (yaoyorozu no kami, “all the deities”)