Word Meaning 神明

しんめい shimmei

神明 is read as しんめい (shimmei) and means Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity).

Meaning

English

Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)
deity
god

Reading

Kana

しんめい

Romaji

shimmei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 19562 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神の存在証明

かみのそんざいしょうめい

arguments for the existence of God

神明社

しんめいしゃ

(post-Heian) shrine dedicated to Amaterasu

神明裁判

しんめいさいばん

trial by ordeal

大明神

だいみょうじん

deity with extraordinary spiritual powers

明神

みょうじん

great god

明治神宮

めいじじんぐう

Meiji Shrine

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

Example Sentences

天地神明に誓って嘘ではありません。

I'm not lying. I swear to God!