葦原の中つ国

Japanese
Kanji in this term
葦 原 中 国
あし
Jinmeiyō		 はら
Grade: 2		 なか
Grade: 1		 くに
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 葦原中国

Etymology

葦原 (あしはら) (ashihara, “reed bed”) + の (no, “of”) + 中 (なか)つ国 (くに) (nakatsukuni, “land in the middle”)

Noun

葦原の中つ国 (hiragana あしはらのなかつくに, rōmaji ashihara no nakatsukuni)

  1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) the realm of mortals (Japan itself, as opposed to the realm of the gods and the realm of the dead)

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