Word Meaning 黄泉比良坂

よもつひらさか yomotsuhirasaka

黄泉比良坂 is read as よもつひらさか (yomotsuhirasaka) and means Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

よもつひらさか

Romaji

yomotsuhirasaka

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 120242 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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黄金比

おうごんひ

golden ratio

黄泉の国

よみのくに

hades

黄泉国

よもつくに

hades

黄泉帰る

よみじがえる

to be resurrected

黄泉路

よみじ

road to Hades

黄泉戸喫

よもつへぐい

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

黄泉

よみ

underground spring

比良八講

ひらはっこう

Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

比良八荒

ひらはっこう

cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

硫黄泉

いおうせん

sulfur spring

比良颪

ひらおろし

strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

黄色

きいろ

yellow