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女神
女神
Chinese
female; woman; daughter | God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
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simp. and trad. (女神) |
女 | 神 |
Noun
女神
Coordinate terms
- 男神 (nánshén)
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Japanese
Etymology
Kanji in this term | |
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女 | 神 |
め Grade: 1 |
かみ > がみ Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi |
Compound of 女 (me, “woman, female”) + 神 (kami, “god, divinity”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
女神 (hiragana めがみ, romaji megami)
Derived terms
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Antonyms
References
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3