大山積神

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 山 積 神
おお
Grade: 1 		やま
Grade: 1 		つみ
Grade: 4 		かみ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Originally a compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 神 (mi, “god, spirit”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, spirit”, also used as an honorific epithet for gods). The use of 積 (tsumi, “packing; piling; loading”) to spell the tsu mi portion is an example of phonetic ateji.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ːja̠ma̠t͡sɨmʲi no̞ ka̠mʲi]

Proper noun

大山積神(おおやまつみのかみ) • (Ōyamatsumi no Kami) ←おほやまつみのかみ (Ofoyamatuminokami)?

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