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Onmyodo

Onmyodo proper noun: a traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.

Proper noun

Onmyodo

  1. A traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.

Forms of Onmyodo

alternative formOnmyōdō

Origin of Onmyodo

Japanese 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō おんみょうどう), from Middle Chinese 陰陽 (ʔim-yang "yin-yang") + 道 (dáu "Way").

Questions about Onmyodo

What does Onmyodo mean?
Onmyodo means a traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism, formerly under the control of the imperial government.
What part of speech is Onmyodo?
Onmyodo is a proper noun.

Words near Onmyodo in the dictionary

  1. onlyhood
  2. onlys
  3. ONM
  4. ONMs
  5. onmun
  6. Onmyodo
  7. Onmyōdō
  8. Onn
  9. onna
  10. onnagata
  11. onnagatas

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