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Japanese
Etymology
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| 八百萬 (kyūjitai)
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八百 (yao, “eight hundred”) + 万 (yorozu, “ten thousand”)
Pronunciation
Noun
八百万 • (yaoyorozu) ←やほよろづ (yafoyorodu)?
- (Shinto) eight million, used to depict the number of kami
- a myriad; a multitude; a countless large number or amount
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