出雲

Meanings

1. Noun

   Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)historical term

• 今年ことしの初詣はつもうでは出雲いずも大社たいしゃに行いって、縁結えんむすびの神様かみさまに素敵すてきな出会であいをお願ねがいしてきました。

  I went to Izumo-taisha for my New Year's shrine visit and asked the god of marriage to arrange that I meet my special someone.

• 日本にほんでは、旧暦きゅうれきの１０月じゅうがつは、全国ぜんこくの神様かみさまが出雲いずも大社たいしゃに集あつまると言いわれていて、神様かみさまが各地かくちからいなくなるこの旧暦きゅうれきの１０月じゅうがつを「神無月かんなづき」と呼よびます。ただ、神様かみさまが集あつまる出雲いずも地方ちほうだけは「神在月かみありづき」と別名べつめいで呼よばれます。

  In Japan, it is said that in the tenth month of the lunar calendar, all the gods of the country gather at Izumo-taisha, and so the tenth month, when the gods disappear from various regions, is called "the month without gods". However, in the Izumo region, where the gods gather, it is also called "the month with gods".