死に神

Japanese
Kanji in this term
死 神
し
Grade: 3		 かみ > がみ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
死に神 (kyūjitai)
死神

Etymology

First attested in the mid-Edo period, cited to a text in 1709.[1]

Compound of 死に (shini, “dying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 死ぬ (shinu), “to die”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, spirit”).[1][2] The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しにがみ [shìnígámí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɲ̟iɡa̠mʲi]

Noun

死(し)に神(がみ) • (shinigami) 

  1. a god or spirit who leads humans toward their death
  2. (tarot) Death

Descendants
  • English: shinigami

See also

Proper noun

死(し)に神(がみ) • (Shinigami) 

  1. the Grim Reaper (personification of death)
  2. a rakugo loosely based on the opera Crispino e la comare and revolves around an impoverished man meeting a shinigami

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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