Tsukuyomi or Tsukiyomi(月読,also known as Tsukiyomi-no-mikoto, 月読尊), is the moon god in Shinto and Japanese mythology. The -no-mikoto ending is a common honorific suffix for the names of gods, of similar meaning to "the grand, the great, the exalted". The name "Tsukuyomi" is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku(月, "moon, month", becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi(読み, "reading, counting"). The Nihon Shoki mentions this name spelled as Tsukuyumi(月弓, "moon bow"), but this yumi is likely a variation in pronunciation of yomi(読み, "reading, counting"). An alternate interpretation is that his name is a combination of tsukiyo(月夜, "moonlit night") and mi(見, "looking, watching"). "Yomi" may also refer to the Japanese underworld, though this interpretation is unlikely. Thus, being that he was created from the washing of Izanagi-no-Mikoto's left eye of after his visit to Yomi, this alternate translation of Tsukiyomi's name creates an amusing pun.