Word Meaning 黄泉戸喫

よもつへぐい yomotsuhegui

黄泉戸喫 is read as よもつへぐい (yomotsuhegui) and means eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld).

Meaning

English

  1. eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)

Reading

Kana

よもつへぐい

Romaji

yomotsuhegui

Writing Variants

  • 黄泉竃食ひ よもつへぐい yomotsuhegui
  • 黄泉竈食ひ よもつへぐい yomotsuhegui

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 142625 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

黄泉国

よもつくに

hades

黄泉比良坂

よもつひらさか

Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)

黄泉帰る

よみじがえる

to be resurrected

黄泉路

よみじ

road to Hades

黄泉

よみ

underground spring

水戸黄門

みとこうもん

Mito Kōmon (televised period drama; 1969-2011)

硫黄泉

いおうせん

sulfur spring

黄色

きいろ

yellow

黄金

きがね

gold

黄金

おうごん

gold (Au)

黄色い

きいろい

yellow