アバター
Japanese
Etymology
From English avatar, ultimately from Sanskrit अवतार (ava-tāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of अव (ava, “off, away, down”) and the vṛddhi-stem of the root तरति (tarati, “to cross”).
Noun
アバター (rōmaji abatā)
- (computing) avatar: a user's visual representation during online communication; usually an icon
Usage notes
In contexts referring to the religious aspects of the English term avatar, the more common words to use would be 天下り (amakudari) or 神降 (kamioroshi).