These female names are popular in the country and make beautiful female Japanese dog names with meanings.Akira –bright/clear Kiko –chronicle child Kimi –noble Chieko –child of intelligence, wisdom Chika –s
Anyway, when identifying names on this page, I’ve always tried to note both thekatakanaspelling and the weird “Engrish” name it’s trying to translate, if one exists. Fruit Fruit(果物) in Japan is so absurdly expensive that it’s often elevated to the status of a luxury good, which...
The three main characters are all female, but more importantly, they represent some of the most vulnerable segments of society. It turns out, though, that their heartbreaking experiences make them strong and resilient. Avery Fischer Udagawa: You’re right, Deborah. I think this may be part ...
Fox possession (kitsune tsuki 狐憑き); fox bewitchment (kitsune damashi 狐だまし haunts houses, locations live in caved-out graveyard plots and burrows can shift into male, female, inanimate forms (Buddha, Bosatsu, monk, nun, teapot) fox / tanuki normally shift into female form,but tanuki...
In the Shinto realm, the fox deity known as KITSUNE is often decked in red bibs. The fox is the messenger of Oinari, the deity of food, farmers, and the rice harvest. Oinari (also written Inari) appears in both male and female form, and is generally associated with various manifestations...
The celestial Shinto goddess Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (天宇受売命; the “terrible female of heaven”) was the first to meet the earthly kami named Sarutahiko. She determines that he is not an enemy, after which he guides Ninigi 彦火瓊瓊杵尊 and other Shinto deities on their descent from ...
Toyōkanome 豊宇賀能賣神. Female Tutelary of Cereals & Sake. Enshrined atNagu Jinja奈具神社 in Kyōtango City, Kyoto Prefecture. According to shrine legend, a celestial woman decides to descend to earth to bathe. She removes her feather robe (Hagoromo 羽衣) before getting into the water. An...
Pairs of opposites are brought together -- animal and human, male and female, old and young, small and large. Ugajin assumed an elevated position on Benzaiten's head. In the Uga-Benzaiten form, however, by virtue of Benzaiten's overwhelming size, it is the goddess who came to dominate...
11 Once the mono no ke was inside the dōji who acted like a human receptacle for spirits (mono tsuki 物つき), the geza was able to communicate with it and to apprehend that the curse was provoked by a hungry female fox living in a nearby mound (tsuka 塚), which was looking for ...