Word Meaning 渡来神

とらいしん toraishin

渡来神 is read as とらいしん (toraishin) and means deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko).

Meaning

English

  1. deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko)

Reading

Kana

とらいしん

Romaji

toraishin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 120650 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

渡来

とらい

visit (from abroad)

渡来人

とらいじん

Chinese and Korean people who settled in ancient Japan and introduced culture and technology from continental Asia (4th-7th centuries CE)

お神渡り

おみわたり

ridged cracks that form in the ice on Lake Suwa

神武以来

じんむいらい

since the era of the Emperor Jimmu

南蛮渡来

なんばんとらい

imported to Japan by early European traders

渡す

わたす

to lay across

渡り

わたり

connection

渡る

わたる

to cross over

渡し船

わたしぶね

ferry

渡し

わたし

delivery

渡り鳥

わたりどり

migratory bird

渡米

とべい

going to the United States