| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 女神 | めがみ |
Pronunciation: megami
How to Say It Outloud: meh-gah-mee
Usage: Used to refer to a goddess in a religious or mythological context.
Example Sentence Japanese:
アテナはギリシャ神話の女神です。
アテナはギリシャ神話の女神です。Example Sentence English:Athena is a goddess in Greek mythology.
Athena is a goddess in Greek mythology.Dictionary
女神めがみCommon word
Noun- goddess; female deity
- Goddess
姫神ひめがみ
Noun- goddess
- Himekami
しんにょ
Noun- goddess; female deity
観音かんのんCommon word
Noun- Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
- Kannon
竜田姫たつたひめ
Noun- Tatsutahime; goddess of autumn; goddess of fall
むち
NounNoun, used as a suffix
- lord; god; goddess; honorific title for deities (and high-ranking people)
地母神じぼしん
Noun- mother goddess; earth goddess
- Mother goddess
観音菩薩かんのんぼさつ
Noun- Kannon (Bodhisattva); Kwannon; Goddess of Mercy; Bodhisattva of Compassion; Guan Yin; Kuan Yin
- Guanyin
十一面観音じゅういちめんかんのん
Noun- eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
- Juuichimenkannon
千手観音せんじゅかんのん
Noun- thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
- Senjukannon
佐保神さほがみ
Noun- Saohime; goddess of Spring
歳徳神としとくじん
Noun- goddess of (lucky) directions
天孫降臨てんそんこうりん
Noun- the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
- Tenson kōrin
仏頂尊勝ぶちょうそんしょう
Noun- Usnisavijaya; Victorious Goddess of the Chignon
あまてらす
Noun- Amaterasu; sun goddess who is the ancestress of the Imperial House of Japan
娘娘ニャンニャン
Noun- Niangniang; Chinese goddess
山姫やまひめ
Noun- mountain goddess
天祖てんそ
Noun- the ancestral Sun Goddess
観世音かんぜおん
Noun- Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
- Kanzeon
弁財天べんざいてん
Noun- Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
- Benzaiten
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