Word Meaning 神明

しんみょう shimmyou

神明 is read as しんみょう (shimmyou) and means spirits of heaven and earth.

Meaning

English

spirits of heaven and earth

Reading

Kana

しんみょう

Romaji

shimmyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Rank 55231 Priority I

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

しんどう

Shinto

神主

かむぬし

Shinto priest

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

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!

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