死に神

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • a god or spirit who leads humans toward their death
  • (tarot) Death

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 死に (dying, ja-r, death, die) + Japanese 連用形 (meeting, house, counselor, store, gathering, building)+ Japanese continuative or stem form of verb m + Japanese 死ぬ + Japanese die” + Japanese 神 (god, spirit, deity, honorific prefix used in spiritual contexts, God, Shinto god, study).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

god, spirit, deity, honorific prefix used in spiritual contexts, God, Shinto god, study

Concept
Semantic Field

Religion and belief

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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