japanese deity
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1. a deity worshipped by the Japanese (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | deity, divinity, god, immortal, |
| definition | : | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | amaterasu, amaterasu omikami, |
| definition | : | central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hachiman, |
| definition | : | a Shinto god of war (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hotei, |
| definition | : | one of the 7 gods of happiness (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | izanagi, |
| definition | : | the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | izanami, |
| definition | : | sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | kami, |
| definition | : | one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | kwannon, |
| definition | : | Japanese counterpart of Chinese Kuan Yin (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | ninigi, ninigino-mikoto, |
| definition | : | grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan (noun.person) |
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