English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (Amaterasu), from 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something”).
Pronunciation
- (EN) IPA(key): /ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/
- Rhymes: -ɑːsuː
Proper noun
Amaterasu
- (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
- (poetic) The Sun itself.
Coordinate terms
Translations
Japanese sun goddess
- Arabic: أَمَاتِيرَاسُو f (ʔamātīrāsū)
- Belarusian: Аматэрасу f (Amaterasu)
- Bulgarian: Аматерасу f (Amaterasu)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 天照大神 (zh) (Tiānzhàodàshén)
- French: Amaterasu f
- Georgian: ამატერასუ (amaṭerasu)
- German: Amaterasu f
- Greek: Αματεράσου f (Amaterásou)
- Hebrew: אָמָטֵרָאסוּ f (Amaterásu)
- Italian: Amaterasu f
- Japanese: 天照 (Amaterasu), 天照大神, 天照大御神 (Amaterasu Ōmikami)
- Korean: 아마테라스 (Amateraseu), 아마테라스 오미카미 (Amateraseu omikami)
- Malayalam: അമതേരസു (amatērasu)
- Marathi: आमातेरासु f (āmāterāsu)
- Persian: آماتِراسو (âmâterâsu)
- Polish: Amaterasu (pl) f
- Portuguese: Amaterasu f
- Punjabi: ਆਮਾਤੇਰਸ f (āmāteras)
- Russian: Аматэрасу (ru) f (Amatɛrasu)
- Spanish: Amaterasu f
- Tamil: அமதெரசு (amateracu)
- Thai: อะมะเตะระซุ (à-má-dtè-rá-sú)
- Ukrainian: Аматерасу f (Amaterasu)
- Vietnamese: Amaterasu, Thiên Chiếu
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Japanese
Romanization
Amaterasu
- Rōmaji transcription of あまてらす
- Rōmaji transcription of アマテラス
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”).
Proper noun
Amaterasu f
- (mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu (Japanese sun goddess)