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黄泉竈食ひ

黄泉竃食ひ、 黄泉戸喫

Reading

Kana: よもつへぐい
Romaji: yomotsuhegui
Kana
Romaji

Definition

exp
noun
vs
1

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

See also: 黄泉国 (reading よもつくに)

Kanji

黄
Readings: コウ、 オウ、 き、 こ-
Meaning: yellow
泉
Readings: セン、 いずみ
Meanings: spring, fountain
竈
Readings: ソウ、 かまど、 かま、 へっつい
Meanings: hearth, kitchen stove
食
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
竃
Readings: ソウ、 かまど、 かま、 へっつい
Meanings: kitchen stove, furnace, oven, hearth
戸
Readings: コ、 と
Meanings: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
喫
Readings: キツ、 の.む
Meanings: consume, eat, drink, smoke, receive (a blow)