陰陽師

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 陰陽師 (onmyōji).

陰陽師

1. practitioner of 陰陽道 (onmyōdō)

/omjauzi/ → */omʉjauzi/ → /omɨjauzi/ → /omʲːauʑi/ → /oɴmjɔːʑi/ → /oɴmjoːʑi/

Attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Shift from on'yōji below.

The yō reading for 陽 changes to myō as an instance of renjō (連声).

• (Tokyo) おんみょ​ーじ [òńmyóꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [õ̞mʲːo̞ːʑi]

陰(おん)陽(みょう)師(じ) • (onmyōji) ^{←おんみやうじ (onmyauzi)?}

1. a practitioner of 陰陽道 (onmyōdō, “esoteric cosmology based on Chinese philosophy and traditional Japanese occult practices”)

From 陰陽 (on'yō, “yin-yang”) +‎ 師 (-shi, “-ian, -ist”).

The shi changes to ji as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

There is also a variant spelling: /omjauzi/ → */omʉjauzi/ → /omɨjauzi/ → /omjauzi/ → /omjɔːʑi/ → /omjɔːʑi/

• (Tokyo) おんよ​ーじ [òń'yóꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃jo̞ːʑi]

陰(おん)陽(よう)師(じ) • (on'yōji) ^{←おんやうじ (on'yauzi)?}
(alternative reading hiragana おみょうじ, rōmaji omyōji, historical hiragana おみやうじ)

1. (historical) under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, a position in the 陰陽寮 (On'yōryō) who specialized in Chinese-influenced astrology, cosmology, divination, and other occult practices
2. a practitioner of 陰陽道 (on'yōdō, “esoteric cosmology based on Chinese philosophy and traditional Japanese occult practices”)

• 隠(かく)れ陰(おん)陽(よう)師(じ) (kakure on'yōji)

• 陰(おん)陽(よう)師(じ)身(み)の上(うえ)知(し)らず (on'yōji mi no ue shirazu)