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女神

女神

Chinese

female; woman; daughter
 
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad.
(女神)

Noun

女神

  1. goddess
  2. (neologism) (of a young female, e.g. a 白富美) the goddess of one's heart

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Derived terms

  • 宅男女神

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
かみ > がみ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Compound of (me, woman, female) + (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)

  1. a goddess: a female god

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Antonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 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

Korean

Hanja

女神 (yeosin) (hangeul 여신, revised yeosin, McCune-Reischauer yŏsin, Yale nyesin)

  1. Hanja form? of 여신, “goddess”.