野槌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野 槌
の
Grade: 2 		つち
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
野雷
野椎
Kanji in this term
野 槌
の
Grade: 2 		つち > づち
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
野雷
野椎

Etymology

Old Japanese [Term?]. 野 (no, “moor”) +‎ つ (tsu, genitive marker) +‎ 霊 (chi, “spirit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [no̞zɨt͡ɕi]
  • IPA(key): [no̞t͡sɨt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

野(の)槌(づち) or 野(の)槌(つち) • (Nozuchi or Notsuchi) 

  1. (Japanese mythology) the goddess of grass and plains, daughter of 伊弉諾 (Izanagi) and 伊弉冉 (Izanami)
    Synonym: 草野姫 (Kayanohime)

Noun

野(の)槌(づち) • (nozuchi) 

  1. (Japanese mythology, mythology) a snake-like yokai
  2. synonym of 槌の子 (tsuchi no ko, “snake-like yokai”)
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