Words & dialect・Okinawa

NiraikanaiNiraikanai

Also known as: ニライカナイ

In Okinawan belief, the world of the gods and an ideal land said to lie beyond the sea (or under it). It was believed to send forth abundance and life, a word reflecting the islands' worldview.

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