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Amaterasu

ama·te·rasu

UK/ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/ uncommon

noun

1.

central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan

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Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (Amaterasu), from 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something”).

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