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Enma

Enma proper noun: the Japanese name for Yama, the Hindu, Buddhist and Chinese god who presides over naraku (hell). A deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and the Shinigami.).

Proper noun

Enma

  1. (Japanese) The Japanese name for Yama, the Hindu, Buddhist and Chinese god who presides over naraku (hell). A deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and the Shinigami.)

Origin of Enma

From Japanese 閻魔 (Enma). Doublet of Yama.

Questions about Enma

What does Enma mean?
Enma means the Japanese name for Yama, the Hindu, Buddhist and Chinese god who presides over naraku (hell). A deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and the Shinigami.).
What part of speech is Enma?
Enma is a proper noun.

Words near Enma in the dictionary

  1. enlumine
  2. enlumined
  3. enlumines
  4. enlumining
  5. enm
  6. Enma
  7. Enman
  8. Enmans
  9. enmarble
  10. enmarbled
  11. enmarbles

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