竜神

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 竜神 is a noun read りゅうじん, meaning a dragon deity, a divine being represented with a dragon's form or nature.
• Basic usage: It can refer to a deity bringing rain in a folktale or a dragon god depicted on a festival curtain.
  • 昔話では竜神が村に雨をもたらす。 says that the dragon god brings rain to the village in the folktale; 祭りの幕に大きな竜神が描かれていた。 says that a large dragon deity was painted on the festival curtain.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 村に雨をもたらす
  • に marks the village as the recipient or destination of the rain brought by the deity.
• 幕に描かれる
  • The passive form with に presents the dragon deity as depicted on the festival curtain.
• 竜神 and 竜
  • 竜神 is a dragon regarded as a deity, while 竜 denotes a dragon without necessarily assigning divine status.