結びの神

Japanese

kanjitab
Definitions
  • (sort=むすびのかみ): the Japanese god of matchmaking, love and marriage
  • a euphemism for a romantic matchmaker
  • (sort=むすびのかみ): one of the Japanese gods of creation :: ⇒

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 産霊 (life force, motive force) + Japanese の (possessive particle, of, 's, possessive marker, genitive case marker, month, bird, s)+ Japanese 神 (god, spirit, deity, honorific prefix used in spiritual contexts, God, Shinto god, study).

Origin

Japanese

Gloss

god, spirit, deity, honorific prefix used in spiritual contexts, God, Shinto god, study

Concept
Semantic Field

Religion and belief

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
⛩️ ⛪️ 🕋 🕌 🕍 🤲

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