Jimmu

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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese Mythology
Scripts 神武(Japanese Kanji) じんむ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. /d͡ʑim.mɯᵝ/(Japanese)

Meaning & History

Means "divine warrior", from Japanese 神 (jin) meaning "god" and 武 (mu) meaning "military, martial". In Japanese legend this was the name of the founder of Japan and the first emperor, supposedly ruling in the 7th century BC.