黄泉竈食い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄 泉 竈 食
よも(つ) へ
Hyōgai 		く > ぐ
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jukujikun kun'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 黄泉(よも) (yomo) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 竈食(へぐ)い (hegui).

Noun

黄泉(よもつ)竈(へ)食(ぐ)い • (yomotsuhegui) ←よもつへぐひ (yomotufegufi)?

  1. eating food prepared from the kettle in the underworld; it is believed that once this food is eaten, the dead may never return to the land of the living
    • 712: Kojiki
      爾伊邪那美命答白、悔哉、不速來。吾者爲黄泉戸喫。
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    • 720: Nihon Shoki
      吾已湌泉之竃矣。 [...] 湌泉之竃、此云譽母都俳遇比
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