NichiDict

やまのかみ

山の神
[yamanokami]

Meanings

1.ExpressionNoun

mountain god

2.ExpressionNoun

one's wife (esp. a nagging wife)

3.ExpressionNoun

roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)

Examples

村人は山の神を祀ってきた。

The villagers have enshrined the mountain god.

猟師は入山の前に山の神に祈りを捧げる。

Hunters offer prayers to the mountain god before entering the mountains.

麓の小さな祠では山の神を毎年秋に祀る祭が行われる。

At a small shrine at the mountain base, a festival honoring the mountain god is held every autumn.