also: あまの
noun-modifying (irregular)
Prenominal modifier used in elevated, mythological, or poetic contexts to describe things of the heavens or gods.
The Milky Way (lit. heavenly river) shines in the night sky.
The Kojiki records the myth of the Heavenly Rock Cave.
Standard kanji spelling with the reading あめの.
Obsolete reading; appears in classical or poetic contexts.
The native Japanese word あめ (heaven, sky) combined with the archaic genitive particle の, forming a prenominal modifier. The reading あまの is an older variant.