大山祇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
やま
Grade: 1

Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
大山津見
大山積

Etymology

Originally a compound of (ō, great) +‎ (yama, mountain) +‎ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ (mi, god, spirit).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ːja̠ma̠t͡sɨmʲi]

Proper noun

大山祇(おおやまつみ) • (Ōyamatsumiおほやまつみ (Ofoyamatumi)?

  1. (mythology, Shinto, Japanese mythology) the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo

Usage notes

Often followed by an epithet, such as (no mikoto, august, the venerable) or (no kami, the god).[1][2]

This spelling appears to be the most common.

Synonyms

References

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN