天あまの岩いわ戸と

expression, noun

Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave

In Shinto mythology, the rock door that Amaterasu hid behind, plunging the world into darkness. Used in references to the myth or metaphorically for a hidden or secluded state.

• 天あまの岩いわ戸との神しん話わは、日本にほん神しん話わの中なかでも有ゆう名めいです。

  The myth of the Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave is famous even within Japanese mythology.

• 彼かの女じょはまるで天あまの岩いわ戸とにこもったかのように部屋へやから出でてこない。

  She won't come out of her room, as if she's shut herself behind the Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave.