Word Meaning 陰陽道

おんみょうどう ommyoudou

陰陽道 is read as おんみょうどう (ommyoudou) and means Onmyōdō.

Meaning

English

Onmyōdō
way of Yin and Yang
occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

Reading

Kana

おんみょうどう

Romaji

ommyoudou

Writing Variants

陰陽道 おんようどう onyoudou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 118506 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

陰道

いんどう

love-making technique

陰陽

いんよう

cosmic dual forces

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)

陰陽師

おんみょうじ

diviner

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