ウェブ2024年3月9日 · 黃泉路 (kyūjitai) 黄泉. Compound of 黄泉 (yomi, “land of the dead, underworld ”) + 路 (chi, “ road ”). [1] The chi changes to ji as an instance of rendaku ( 連濁 ). The kanji spelling 黄泉 reflects the extension of the sense from "the road to the underworld" to '"the underworld" itself.