Word Meaning 神代

かみよ kamiyo

神代 is read as かみよ (kamiyo) and means ancient time.

Meaning

English

  1. ancient time
  2. age of the gods

Reading

Kana

かみよ

Romaji

kamiyo

Writing Variants

  • 神世 かみよ kamiyo
  • 神代 じんだい jindai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 8040 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神代七代

かみよななよ

seven generations of (celestial) gods

地神五代

ちじんごだい

five generations of earthly deities

神奈川県立近代美術館

かながわけんりつきんだいびじゅつかん

Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura

神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神道

しんとう

Shinto

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

神事

しんじ

Shinto ritual

神業

かみわざ

Shinto ritual

神木

しんぼく

sacred tree

神経

しんけい

nerve

神話

しんわ

myth

神様

かみさま

God