荒魂

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あら
Grade: S
みたま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of (ara, rough, wild, violent) + (mi, honorific prefix) + , (tama, soul).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠mʲita̠ma̠]

Noun

(あら)(みたま) • (aramitama) 

  1. (Shinto, rare) one of the four souls of one's spirit, or one of the four aspects of a kami, manifesting characteristics of wildness and violence, possibly also decisiveness and courage
Usage notes

This kanji spelling for this reading is less common in dictionaries, which list 荒御魂 instead.[1][2][3] However, the shorter kanji spelling 荒魂 with the aramitama reading appears to be more common in various other reference works,[4][5][6] as well as in actual usage.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
あら
Grade: S
たま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of (ara, rough, wild, violent) + (tama, soul).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠ta̠ma̠]

Noun

(あら)(たま) • (aratama) 

  1. (rare) (same as aramitama above)

See also

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 荒魂”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  5. 荒魂”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  6. 荒魂”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998

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