Izanami is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Izanami in a sentence
Izanami meaning
A Japanese creator goddess who is also (along with the Shinigami and Enma) a goddess of death and the underworld; she is Izanagi's younger sister and spouse, and the mother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.
Synonyms of Izanami
Using Izanami
- The main meaning on this page is: A Japanese creator goddess who is also (along with the Shinigami and Enma) a goddess of death and the underworld; she is Izanagi's younger sister and spouse, and the mother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.
- Useful related words include: japanese deity.
Context around Izanami
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Izanami
- In this selection, "izanami" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, religions stand out and add context to how "izanami" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include izanami no mikoto and legend of izanami and izanagi. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "izanami" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with izanami
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Izanami-no-Mikoto died in childbirth, however, and Izanagi-no-Mikoto tried to revive her. (15 words)
Like many goddesses across different world religions, Izanami is a deity of both creation and destruction. (16 words)
In old Japanese legends, it is often claimed that the dead go to a place called yomi (黄泉), a gloomy underground realm with a river separating the living from the dead mentioned in the legend of Izanami and Izanagi. (39 words)
The events are described in the Kojiki as follows: * Izanagi-no-Mikoto (male) and Izanami-no-Mikoto (female) were called by all the myriad gods and asked to help each other to create a new land which was to become Japan. (41 words)
In old Japanese legends, it is often claimed that the dead go to a place called yomi (黄泉), a gloomy underground realm with a river separating the living from the dead mentioned in the legend of Izanami and Izanagi. (39 words)
Like many goddesses across different world religions, Izanami is a deity of both creation and destruction. (16 words)
Example sentences (4)
Like many goddesses across different world religions, Izanami is a deity of both creation and destruction.
In old Japanese legends, it is often claimed that the dead go to a place called yomi (黄泉), a gloomy underground realm with a river separating the living from the dead mentioned in the legend of Izanami and Izanagi.
Izanami-no-Mikoto died in childbirth, however, and Izanagi-no-Mikoto tried to revive her.
The events are described in the Kojiki as follows: * Izanagi-no-Mikoto (male) and Izanami-no-Mikoto (female) were called by all the myriad gods and asked to help each other to create a new land which was to become Japan.