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    3. 岩戸

    岩戸

    岩いわ戸と

    rock door (to a cave)

    KMT9News #31+1NounCulture & TraditionsNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab12 strokes

    いわと

    Noun

    1.
    rock door (to a cave)

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    神しん話わには岩いわ戸と隠がくれの物ものが語たりがある。

    There is a story of the rock cave hiding in mythology.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHistory
    その洞どう窟くつの入いり口ぐちは、大おおきな岩いわ戸とで塞ふさがれていた。

    The entrance to that cave was blocked by a large rock door.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    探たん検けん家かたちは、地ち図ずにない岩いわ戸とを発はっ見けんし、その奥おくへと進すすんだ。

    The explorers discovered an unmapped rock door and proceeded deeper into it.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    天あまて照らす大おおみ神かみが隠かくされたとされる岩いわ戸とは、今いまでも信しん仰こうの対たい象しょうとなっている。

    The rock door where Amaterasu Omikami is said to have hidden is still an object of worship today.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    日に本ほん神しん話わにおける天あま岩のい戸わとの物ものが語たりは、日に本ほんの精せい神しん文ぶん化かに深ふかく根ねざしている。

    The story of Ama-no-Iwato in Japanese mythology is deeply rooted in Japan's spiritual culture.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    岩
    いわ…(1)
    boulder・rock・cliff
    戸
    と…(3)
    door・counter for houses・door radical (no. 63)
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