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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 黄泉 (yomo, “underworld, land of the dead”, combining form) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 醜女 (shikome, “ferocious and ugly demoness who lives in the land of the dead”).
Pronunciation
Noun
黄泉醜女 • (yomo tsu shikome)
- ferocious and ugly demon women of the underworld
- 712: Kojiki
- 於是伊邪那岐命、見畏而逃還之時、其妹伊邪那美命、言令見辱吾、即遣豫母都志許賣此六字以音。令追。
- 720: Nihon Shoki
- 于時、伊奘冉尊恨曰、何不用要言、令吾恥辱、乃遣泉津醜女八人、一云、泉津日狹女、追留之。
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