神話

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See also: 神话

Chinese

God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
trad. (神話) 神 話
simp. (神话) 神 话

Pronunciation

Noun

神話

  1. myth; fairy tale; mythology
    神話人物／神话人物  ―  shénhuà rénwù  ―  mythological figure
  2. nonsense; myth; baseless and absurd view

Derived terms

Proper noun

神話

  1. (Christianity) Word of God; God's Words

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神話):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神 話
しん
Grade: 3 		わ
Grade: 2
kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
神話 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

神(しん)話(わ) • (shinwa) 

  1. myth; mythology (divine story)
    建国(けんこく)神話(しんわ)
    kenkoku shinwa
    a myth of the national foundation, a founding myth
    • 1999 July 5, “ヨルムンガルド [Jormungarde]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:
      神(しん)話(わ)の世(せ)界(かい)に出(で)てくるヘビ。非(ひ)常(じょう)に長(なが)い。
      Shinwa no sekai ni detekuru hebi. Hijō ni nagai.
      An unfathomably long serpent from the world of mythology.
    • 2000 April 20, “ヴァルキリー [Valkyrie]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:
      神(しん)話(わ)に出(で)てくる闘(たたか)いの天(てん)使(し)。手(て)にする槍(やり)で天(てん)罰(ばつ)を下(くだ)す。
      Shinwa ni detekuru tatakai no tenshi. Te ni suru yari de tenbatsu o kudasu.
      A fighting angel featured in mythology. She passes down divine punishment with the spear in her hand.
  2. myth (baselessly absolutized concept)
    大銀行(だいぎんこう)は潰(つぶ)れないという神話(しんわ)は崩(くず)れた。
    Daiginkō wa tsuburenai to iu shinwa wa kuzureta.
    The myth of immortality of big banks has collapsed.

See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
神話

Noun

神話 • (sinhwa) (hangeul 신화)

  1. hanja form? of 신화 (“mythology”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神話

Noun

神話

  1. chữ Hán form of thần thoại (“mythology”).
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