死に神
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 死 | 神 |
| し Grade: 3 |
かみ > がみ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 死に神 (kyūjitai) 死神 |
Etymology
First attested in the mid-Edo period, cited to a text in 1709.[1]
Compound of 死に (shini, “dying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 死ぬ (shinu), “to die”) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”).[1][2] The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
Descendants
- English: shinigami
See also
Proper noun
- the Grim Reaper (personification of death)
- a rakugo loosely based on the opera Crispino e la comare and revolves around an impoverished man meeting a shinigami