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冥土

冥土

Japanese

Kanji in this term
めい
Grade: S

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Noun

冥土 (hiragana めいど, romaji meido)

  1. (Buddhism) the other world; the world of the dead

Idioms

  • 冥土の土産
    めいどのみやげ
    meido no miyage
    something that one wants to see or do before one dies; a final wish

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.