アマテラス

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of アマテラス – see the following entries.
【天照あまてらす】
(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 spelling
あまでらす
【天照あまてらす】
(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
(This term, アマテラス (amaterasu), is the katakana spelling of the above terms.)
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