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There are 25 total results for your Amaterasu search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

神明

see styles
shén míng
    shen2 ming2
shen ming
 shinmei / shinme
    しんめい

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Deities / Gods
deities; gods
(1) deity; god; (2) (See 天照大神) Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity); (surname) Jinmei
The spirits of heaven and earth, the gods; also the intelligent or spiritual nature.

天照大神

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 amaterasuoomikami
    あまてらすおおみかみ

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Amaterasu Oomikami
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Oomikami; (person) Amaterasu Oomikami

天照皇大神

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 tenshoukoudaijin / tenshokodaijin
    てんしょうこうだいじん
    amaterasuoomikami
    あまてらすおおみかみ

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Sun Goddess
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Oomikami

天照

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 amaterasu; amaterasu
    あまてらす; アマテラス
(kana only) {Shinto} (See 天照大神) Amaterasu; sun goddess who is the ancestress of the Imperial House of Japan; (surname) Tenshou

日女

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 hirume
    ひるめ
(archaism) Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Oomikami; (female given name) Hirume

日霊

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 hirume
    ひるめ
(archaism) Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Oomikami

三貴子

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 mihashiranouzunomiko / mihashiranozunomiko
    みはしらのうずのみこ
{Shinto} (See 三柱の神) the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto); (female given name) Mikiko

天照神

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 amaterukami; amaterukami
    あまてるかみ; アマテルカミ
{Shinto} (See 天照大神) Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)

皇御孫

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 sumemima
    すめみま
(1) (archaism) grandchild of Amaterasu (i.e. Ninigi no Mikoto); (2) descendant of Amaterasu; person of imperial lineage; emperor

神明社

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 shinmeisha / shinmesha
    しんめいしゃ
(post-Heian) shrine dedicated to Amaterasu; (place-name) Shinmeisha

三柱の神

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 mihashiranokami
    みはしらのかみ
(exp,n) {Shinto} the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)

大日孁貴

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 oohirumenomuchi
    おおひるめのむち
{Shinto} (See 天照大神) Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)

瓊瓊杵命

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 niniginomikoto
    ににぎのみこと
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)

瓊瓊杵尊

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 niniginomikoto
    ににぎのみこと
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)

邇邇芸命

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 niniginomikoto
    ににぎのみこと
Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)

須佐之男

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 susanoo; susanoo; susanoo
    すさのお; スサノオ; スサノヲ
(kana only) {Shinto} (See 須佐之男命) Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto

天照大御神

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 amaterasuoomikami
    あまてらすおおみかみ
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Oomikami; (person) Amaterasu Oomikami

月夜見の尊

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 tsukuyominomikoto
    つくよみのみこと
{Shinto} Tsukuyomi no Mikoto (god of the Moon and brother of Amaterasu)

おおひるめのむち

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 oohirumenomuchi
    おおひるめのむち
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Oomikami

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日孁
日霊
日女

see styles
 hirume
    ひるめ
(archaism) {Shinto} (See 天照大神) Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)

Variations:
皇御孫
皇孫
天孫

see styles
 sumemima
    すめみま
(1) (archaism) grandchild of Amaterasu (i.e. Ninigi no Mikoto); (2) descendant of Amaterasu; person of imperial lineage; emperor

Variations:
須佐之男命
素戔嗚尊

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 susanoonomikoto; susanoonomikoto; susanoonomikoto
    すさのおのみこと; スサノオノミコト; スサノヲノミコト
{Shinto} Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)

Variations:
瓊瓊杵尊
瓊瓊杵命
邇邇芸命

see styles
 niniginomikoto
    ににぎのみこと
(leg) {Shinto} Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity; grandson of Amaterasu, great grandfather of Emperor Jimmu)

Variations:
天照大神
天照大御神
天照皇大神

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 amaterasuoomikami; tenshoukoudaijin(天照皇大神) / amaterasuoomikami; tenshokodaijin(天照皇大神)
    あまてらすおおみかみ; てんしょうこうだいじん(天照皇大神)
{Shinto} Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)

Variations:
スサノオ
スサノヲ
すさのお
すさのを

see styles
 susanoo; susanoo; susanoo; susanoo
    スサノオ; スサノヲ; すさのお; すさのを
{Shinto} (See 須佐之男命) Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto
This page contains 25 results for "Amaterasu" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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