Word Meaning 国生み

くにうみ kuniumi

国生み is read as くにうみ (kuniumi) and means creation of Japan (by the gods Izanagi and Izanami).

Meaning

English

creation of Japan (by the gods Izanagi and Izanami)
birthing of Japan

Reading

Kana

くにうみ

Romaji

kuniumi

Writing Variants

国産み くにうみ kuniumi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 99384 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

国民総生産

こくみんそうせいさん

gross national product

国人

こくじん

daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

国土

こくど

country

国

くに

home (i.e. hometown, home country)

国外

こくがい

outside the country

国々

くにぐに

countries

国語

こくご

Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan)

国名

こくめい

country name

国学

こくがく

provincial school (established under the ritsuryō system for educating children of district governors)

国大

こくだい

national university

国語学

こくごがく

Japanese philology

国電

こくでん

city electric train service operated by (former) Japanese National Railways