荒魂
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 荒 | 魂 |
| あら Grade: S |
みたま Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | |
Compound of 荒 (ara, “rough, wild, violent”) + 御 (mi, honorific prefix) + 霊, 魂 (tama, “soul”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (Shinto, rare) one of the four souls of one's spirit, or one of the four aspects of a kami, manifesting characteristics of wildness and violence, possibly also decisiveness and courage
Usage notes edit
This kanji spelling for this reading is less common in dictionaries, which list 荒御魂 instead.[1][2][3] However, the shorter kanji spelling 荒魂 with the aramitama reading appears to be more common in various other reference works,[4][5][6] as well as in actual usage.
Etymology 2 edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 荒 | 魂 |
| あら Grade: S |
たま Grade: S |
| kun’yomi | |
Compound of 荒 (ara, “rough, wild, violent”) + 魂 (tama, “soul”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (rare) (same as aramitama above)
See also edit
- 御霊 (mitama)
- 和魂, 和御魂 (nikimitama, nikitama)
- 奇魂, 奇御魂 (kushimitama, kushitama)
- 幸魂, 幸御魂 (sakimitama, sakitama)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “荒魂”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
- ^ “荒魂”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- ^ “荒魂”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
