夜摩

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
(ateji)

Grade: S
(ateji)
on'yomi

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit यम (yamá).[1] Doublet of 閻魔 (Enma).

Proper noun

()() (Yama

  1. (Hinduism) Yama, the Hindu god of death
  2. (Buddhism) Short for 夜摩天 (Yamaten): Yama, the Buddhist ruler of 奈落 (Naraku, Naraka, hell)
    • 1909, Kinoshita Mokutaro, “Nanban ji monzen” (On the front of the Christian church):
      千代(せんだい) (そら)の、(そら)の、大空(おおぞら)の、夜摩(やま)(くに)といふところに、ぢぢ(さま)も、父様(ちちさま)も、また()んだ其方(そなた)(いも)
      Sendai sora no, sora no, ōzora no, Yama no kuni to ifu tokoro ni, jijisama mo, chichisama mo, mata shinda sonata no imo mo
      A thousand years, the sky, the sky, the big sky, in the realm of Yama, dear Grandfather, and Father, and Sister who died and passed that way

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN