English Dictionary

Izanami

固有名詞

日本語

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese creator goddess who is also (along with the Shinigami and Enma) a goddess of death and the underworld; she is Izanagi's younger sister and spouse, and the mother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.

日本語の意味

（神道・日本神話）創造の女神であり、死や黄泉の国を司る女神。イザナギの妹であり配偶者で、天照大神、月読、須佐之男命、カグツチの母とされる。

Many shrines honor Izanami as both the creator of the islands and a goddess of death who rules the underworld.

多くの神社は、島々の創造者であり、死と冥界の女神である伊邪那美命を祀っている。

意味（1）

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese creator goddess who is also (along with the Shinigami and Enma) a goddess of death and the underworld; she is Izanagi's younger sister and spouse, and the mother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.