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神話

神話

See also: 神话

Chinese

 
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what someone said
trad. (神話) 神 話
simp. (神话) 神 话

Noun

神話

  1. myth; fairy tale; mythology

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神話):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神 話
しん
Grade: 3 		わ
Grade: 2
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

Noun

神話 ‎(hiragana しんわ, romaji shinwa)

  1. myth; mythology (divine story)
    建国 (けんこく)神話 (しんわ)
    kenkoku shinwa
    a myth of the national foundation
  2. myth (baselessly absolutized concept)
    大銀行 (だいぎんこう)は潰 (つぶ)れないという神話 (しんわ)は崩 (くず)れた。
    Daiginkō wa tsuburenai to iu shinwa wa kuzureta.
    The myth of immortality of big banks has collapsed.

See also

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

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