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Yomi

Yomi proper noun: the Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures.

Proper noun

Yomi

  1. The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures.
    • After Izanagi returns to the earth, he rolls a boulder into the pass, making it impossible for anyone who has gone to Yomi to return. This story can be taken as a myth of the origin of death.2017, Helen Hardacre, Shinto: A History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51

Origin of Yomi

Borrowed from Japanese 黄泉 (yomi).

Questions about Yomi

What does Yomi mean?
Yomi means the Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures.
What part of speech is Yomi?
Yomi is a proper noun.

Words near Yomi in the dictionary

  1. yom tob
  2. yom tov
  3. Yom Trua
  4. yoma wood
  5. yomawood
  6. Yomi
  7. Yomiko
  8. yomp
  9. yomped
  10. yomper
  11. yompers

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