黄泉醜女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄	泉	醜	女
Grade: 2	Grade: 6	しこ Grade: S	め Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of 黄泉 (yomo) +‎ つ (tsu, genitive marker) +‎ 醜女 (shikome).

Noun

黄泉醜女 (hiragana よもつしこめ, rōmaji yomotsushikome)

ugly women of the underworld
- 712: Kojiki
  於是伊邪那岐命、見畏而逃還之時、其妹伊邪那美命、言令見辱吾、即遣豫母都志許賣此六字以音。令追。
- 720: Nihon Shoki
  于時、伊奘冉尊恨曰、何不用要言、令吾恥辱、乃遣泉津醜女八人、一云、泉津日狹女、追留之。

Synonyms

黄泉日狹女 (よもつひさめ) (yomotsuhisame)

References

Kurano, Kenji; Yūkichi Takeda (1958) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Kojiki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-060001-X
Sakamoto, Tarō; Ienaga Saburō, Inoue Mitsusada, Ōno Susumu (1967) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 67: Nihon Shoki, volume 1, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0067-2

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