Where does “shinigami” come from?
shinigami (English) comes from Japanese 死に神, from Japanese 神, from Japanese かみ, from Translingual −.
shinigami (English): A deity and/or personification of death
Definitions
- A deity and/or personification of death
Ancestry of “shinigami”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 死に神 | a god or spirit who leads humans toward their... |
| 2 | Japanese | 神 | a spirit or an essence present in all things, the... |
| 3 | Japanese | かみ | — |
| 4 | Translingual | − | — |