天岩戸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 岩 戸
あま(の)
Grade: 1 		いわ
Grade: 2 		と
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
天岩戶 (kyūjitai)
天の岩戸
天の磐戸
天石門

Etymology

天 (“heaven”) +‎ の (genitive marker) +‎ 岩戸 (“rocky cave entrance”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ no̞ iβ̞a̠to̞]

Proper noun

天(あまの)岩(いわ)戸(と) • (Ama no Iwato) 

  1. the cave in which 天照(あまてらす) (Amaterasu) hid after 素戔嗚(すさのお) (Susanoo)'s offensive rampage at her hall, which causes the whole world to plunge into darkness

See also

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