Word Meaning 陰陽師

おんみょうじ ommyouji

陰陽師 is read as おんみょうじ (ommyouji) and means diviner.

Meaning

English

diviner
sorcerer
exorcist
medium

Reading

Kana

おんみょうじ

Romaji

ommyouji

Writing Variants

陰陽師 いんようし inyoushi
陰陽師 おみょうじ omyouji
陰陽師 おんにょうし onnyoushi
陰陽師 おんようじ onyouji

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 127229 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

陰陽師身の上知らず

おんようじみのうえしらず

people don't know themselves as well as they know others

陰陽

いんよう

cosmic dual forces

陰陽五行

いんようごぎょう

the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology

陰陽和合

いんようわごう

the harmony of yin and yang energies

陰陽の理

おんみょうのり

principle of duality

陰陽家

いんようか

School of Yin-yang (China)

陰陽道

おんみょうどう

Onmyōdō

陰陽寮

おんようりょう

Bureau of Onmyō

陰陽暦

いんようれき

lunisolar calendar

陰と陽

いんとよう

the positive and the negative

陰に陽に

いんにように

(both) openly and covertly

陽否陰述

ようひいんじゅつ

apophasis

Example Sentences

陰陽師身の上知らず。

The Ying Yang diviner may not predict his own fate.

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