八百万

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	百	万
や Grade: 1	お Grade: 1	よろず Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
八百萬 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

八百(やお) (yao, “eight hundred”) + 万(よろず) (yorozu, “ten thousand”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やおよろず [yàóyóꜜròzù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) やおよろず [yàóyórózú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ja̠o̞jo̞ɾo̞zɨ]

Noun

八(や)百(お)万(よろず) • (yaoyorozu) ^{←やほよろづ (yafoyorodu)^?}

(Shinto) eight million, used to depict the number of kami
a myriad; a multitude; a countless large number or amount

Derived terms

八(や)百(お)万(よろず)の神(かみ) (yaoyorozu no kami, “all the deities”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN