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Amaterasu

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[ah-mah-te-rah-soo] / ˈɑ mɑ tɛˈrɑ sʊ /

noun

  1. the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.


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The Amaterasu particle was reported at about 240 exa-electron volts, giving one tiny cosmic-ray particle roughly the kinetic energy of a fast-moving tennis ball.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026

Legend has it that the royals are descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu and can trace their lineage back thousands of years, but their divine status was renounced after World War II.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

Datasection is just one of five public companies audited by Amaterasu over the past year, according to Tokyo Stock Exchange data.

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

During the Kofun period of the late third to sixth centuries, the arrival of Buddhism in Japan coincided with the rule of the Yamato clan, a group said to have descended from the goddess Amaterasu.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

He is traditionally considered the 125th direct descendant of the legendary first emperor, Jimmu, the great-great-great-grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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