(Shinto, Japanese mythology) a goddess who performed a merry ritual dance to entertain the gods of heaven, to lure 天照 (Amaterasu) out of the cave 天岩戸 (Ama no Iwato)

(less common) alternative reading for Ame no Uzume

渦: eddy, swirl, whirlpool, vortex

(archaic) Alternative form of んとする (n to suru)

ornamental hairpin

Alternative spelling of 簪: an ornamental hairpin

whirl / vortex / eddy

life / lifespan / lifetime / fate, destiny / (figuratively) the most important part or aspect of a thing

雨燕: a Pacific swift (Apus pacificus)

(archaic) a young woman / (archaic) a woman