English Explanatory Dictionary

Tsukuyomi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Japanese moon god, son of Izanami and Izanagi and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.

Word forms

Tsukuyomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 月読 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi), originally a compound of 月 (つく, tsuku, “the moon”) + 読み (よみ, yomi, “reading”, ancient meaning of “counting”).

Synonyms

Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
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