天照

Etymology
From. Mentioned in the  of 759.

Superficially, a compound of 🇰🇲. However, this derives instead as an honorific form of compound verb, as the is not the usual transitive or causative conjugation of the intransitive verb , but rather an example of the verb with the 🇨🇬 honorific verb suffix.

As a verbal epithet, also found in some older texts with the reading Amaderasu, where   The name appears to be consistently used without voicing, as Amaterasu.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess
 * 2)  the Sun
 * 1)  the Sun

Verb

 * 1)  heavenly, august, in heaven

Usage notes
As an epithet, conjugated forms do not appear to be common, and where used, the okurigana are explicitly spelled out.