あまてらす

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あまてらす – see the following entries.
天照
(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess
(poetic) the Sun
(epithet) heavenly, august, in heaven (from the literal sense of “shining in heaven” as an honorific verb phrase; used to modify a noun or noun phrase)
Alternative spellings
アマテラス, あまでらす
天照らす
(Classical Japanese, honorific, literal, Japanese mythology, of gods and heavenly bodies) Alternative form of 天照る (amateru, to shine in heaven)
(Classical Japanese, honorific, figurative, of a ruler) to rule a nation
Alternative spelling
あまでらす
天晴あせい
a female given name
Alternative spelling
める
(This term, あまてらす, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)