Izanami

American  

[ee-zah-nah-mee] / ˈi zɑˈnɑ mi /

noun

1. a Japanese goddess, the sister of Izanagi.

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Example Sentences

This showing of ceramic vessels and masks inspired by Izanami, the Shinto goddess of creation and death, marks O’Leary’s solo museum debut.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Guests who are only eating outdoors at the hotel’s Izanami restaurant, however, don’t have to show vaccination status.

From Washington Times • Aug. 30, 2021

“We asked the gods who made Japan, Izanagi and Izanami, to come down and listen to us,” he said.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2016

She violates her community's gravest taboos and has to flee the island: but she is betrayed and ends up in the Realm of the Dead, where she meets the goddess Izanami.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2013

This 'way' was established by Izanagi and Izanami and delivered by them to the Sun goddess, who handed it down, and this is why it is called the 'way of the gods.'

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)