Amaterasu

Amaterasu

English

the Sun goddess emerging out of a cave, bringing sunlight back to the universe

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (あまてらす, Amaterasu), from 天 (あま, ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (てらす, terasu, “to illuminate something”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːsuː

Proper noun

Amaterasu

1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese sun goddess, and most important Shinto deity; she is the daughter of Izanagi and Izanami and the sister of Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.

   Synonym: Amaterasu-ōmikami

2. (poetic) The Sun itself.

Coordinate terms

• Ame-no-Uzume
• Izanagi

• Izanami
• Kagutsuchi
• Ōyamatsumi

• Susanoo
• Tsukuyomi

Translations

Japanese sun goddess

Arabic: أَمَاتِيرَاسُو‎ f (ʾamātīrāsū) Belarusian: Аматэра́су f (Amaterásu) Bulgarian: Аматерасу f (Amaterasu) Chinese: Mandarin: 天照大神 (Tiānzhàodàshén) Georgian: ამატერასუ (amaṭerasu) Greek: Αματεράσου f (Amaterásou) Hebrew: אָמָטֵרָאסוּ‎ f (Amaterásu) Japanese: 天照 (あまてらす, Amaterasu), 天照大神, 天照大御神 (あまてらすおおみかみ, Amaterasu ōmikami) Korean: 아마테라스 (Amateraseu), 아마테라스 오미카미 (Amateraseu omikami)

Malayalam: അമതേരസു (amatērasu) Persian: آماتِراسو‎ (Âmâterâsu) Portuguese: Amaterasu f Punjabi: ਆਮਾਤੇਰਸ f (āmāters) Russian: Аматэра́су (ru) f (Amatɛrásu) Spanish: Amaterasu f Tamil: அமதெரசு (amateracu) Thai: อะมะเตะระซุ (à-má-dtè-rá-sú) Ukrainian: Аматера́су f (Amaterásu)

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Japanese

Romanization

Amaterasu

1. Rōmaji transcription of あまてらす
2. Rōmaji transcription of アマテラス

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (あまてらす, Amaterasu), from 天 (あま, ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (てらす, terasu, “to illuminate something”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐmateɾaˈsu/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐmɐtɨɾɐˈsu/

Proper noun

Amaterasu f

1. (mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu (Japanese sun goddess)