黄泉戸喫よもつへぐい

expression, noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

eating the food of the dead

In Japanese mythology, specifically the Kojiki, this refers to eating food in Yomi (the underworld), which binds one to that realm and prevents return to the world of the living. Used in the story of Izanagi and Izanami.

See also: 黄泉国 (よもつくに)

• イザナミは黄泉よもつ戸へ喫ぐいをしてしまったため、現世うつしよに戻もどれなくなった。

  Because Izanami ate the food of the dead, she could no longer return to the world of the living.