冥土

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冥 土
めい
Grade: S 		ど
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
冥途

Noun

冥(めい)土(ど) • (meido) 

  1. (Buddhism) Hades; underworld; the world of the dead

Synonyms

Idioms

  • 冥土(めいど)の土産(みやげ) (meido no miyage): something that one wants to see or do before one dies; a final wish

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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