太たい陰いん

noun

Moon; lunar

Classical or literary term for the Moon, often used in contrast with 太陽 (the Sun). In modern Japanese, 月 is the everyday word.

See also: 太陽

• 太たい陰いん暦れきは月つきの満みち欠かけを基き準じゅんにしている。

  The lunar calendar is based on the phases of the Moon.

• 太たい陰いんと太たい陽ようは陰いん陽ようの象しょう徴ちょうとして扱あつかわれる。

  The Moon and the Sun are treated as symbols of yin and yang.

noun

greater yin

In yin-yang philosophy, the greater yin, the extreme of yin, contrasted with 小陰 (lesser yin). A technical term used in traditional cosmology and medicine.

See also: 小陰

• 太たい陰いんは陰いん陽よう説せつで最もっとも陰いんの性せい質しつが強つよい状じょう態たいを指さす。

  In yin-yang theory, greater yin refers to the state with the strongest yin nature.