冥土
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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冥 | 土 |
めい Grade: S | ど Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 冥途
Noun
冥土 (hiragana めいど, rōmaji meido)
- (Buddhism) Hades; underworld; the world of the dead
Synonyms
- 冥界 (meikai)
- あの世 (anoyo)
- 黄泉 (yomi)
Idioms
- 冥土の土産 (meido no miyage): something that one wants to see or do before one dies; a final wish
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.