冥

Meaning

冥 centers on deep, profound darkness: the absence of light, often with a sense of obscurity or the hidden. It describes literal darkness as well as the metaphorical darkness of the unknown or the underworld.

• 冥福めいふく

  happiness in the next world; heavenly bliss; repose of one's soul

• 冥府めいふ

  realm of the dead; the other world; underworld

• 冥界めいかい

  hades; realm of the dead

• 冥王星めいおうせい

  Pluto (dwarf planet)

• 冥土めいど

  Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead

• 冥利みょうり

  providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage

• 冥加みょうが

  divine protection; divine blessing; providence

• ご冥福をお祈りしますごめいふくをおいのりします

  may your soul rest in peace; I pray for your happiness in the afterlife

• 冥々めいめい

  dark; invisible

• 冥々のうちめいめいのうち

  unawares; before one is aware

• 冥き途くらきみち

  Hades; underworld; realm of the dead; other world

• 冥利に尽きるみょうりにつきる

  to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune

• 冥加に余るみょうがにあまる

  to receive too many blessings; to be excessively favoured; to be too good for

• 冥加金みょうがきん

  monetary offering (to a temple or shrine)

• 冥助みょうじょ

  divine protection; divine blessing; providence

• 冥土の土産めいどのみやげ

  pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

• 冥境めいきょう

  shades of the dead

• 冥暗めいあん

  gloom; shade

• 冥漠めいばく

  dim and distant

• 冥王めいおう

  Hades (god)

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