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There are 16 total results for your 黄泉 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

黄泉

see styles
 kousen; yomi(gikun) / kosen; yomi(gikun)
    こうせん; よみ(gikun)
(1) Hades; hell; underworld; (2) (こうせん only) (obsolete) (orig. meaning) underground spring; (female given name) Yomi

黃泉


黄泉

see styles
huáng quán
    huang2 quan2
huang ch`üan
    huang chüan
 yomiji
the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell
The yellow springs, the shades.

黄泉国

see styles
 yomotsukuni
    よもつくに
(See 黄泉・よみ,黄泉の国) hades; realm of the dead; the next world

黄泉路

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 yomiji
    よみじ
road to Hades

硫黄泉

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 iousen / iosen
    いおうせん
sulfur spring; sulphur spring

黄泉の国

see styles
 yominokuni
    よみのくに
hades; realm of the dead; the next world

黄泉帰る

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 yomijigaeru
    よみじがえる
(v4r,vi) (archaism) (See 甦る・よみがえる・1) to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived

黄泉戸喫

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 yomotsuhegui
    よもつへぐい
(exp,n,vs) eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

命歸黃泉


命归黄泉

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mìng guī huáng quán
    ming4 gui1 huang2 quan2
ming kuei huang ch`üan
    ming kuei huang chüan
lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huang2 quan2] (idiom); fig. to die; to meet one's end

命赴黃泉


命赴黄泉

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mìng fù huáng quán
    ming4 fu4 huang2 quan2
ming fu huang ch`üan
    ming fu huang chüan
to visit the Yellow Springs; to die

黄泉比良坂

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 yomotsuhirasaka
    よもつひらさか
(place) (myth) Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead); (p,myth) Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)

黄泉竃食ひ

see styles
 yomotsuhegui
    よもつへぐい
(exp,n,vs) eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

黄泉竈食ひ

see styles
 yomotsuhegui
    よもつへぐい
(exp,n,vs) eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

Variations:
黄泉の国
夜見の国

see styles
 yominokuni
    よみのくに
(See 黄泉・よみ) hades; realm of the dead; the next world

Variations:
黄泉戸喫
黄泉竈食ひ(oK)
黄泉竃食ひ(oK)

see styles
 yomotsuhegui
    よもつへぐい
(exp,n,vs) (See 黄泉国・よもつくに) eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

Variations:
黄泉の国
黄泉国(sK)
夜見の国(sK)
よみの国(sK)
黄泉の國(sK)
黄泉國(sK)
黄泉のくに(sK)
夜見国(sK)
黄泉之国(sK)
夜見の國(sK)

see styles
 yominokuni
    よみのくに
(See 黄泉・1) Hades; land of the dead; netherworld

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 16 results for "黄泉" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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