死に神

Etymology
First attested in the mid-, cited to a text in 1709.

Compound of.

Noun

 * 1) a god or spirit who leads humans toward their death
 * 2)  Death

Proper noun

 * 1) the Grim Reaper
 * 2) a rakugo loosely based on the opera  and revolves around an impoverished man meeting a shinigami