When the Bible was translated into Chinese, the Greek word Hades in the New Testament and the Hebrew word "Sheol" in the Old Testament were both translated Huangquan (yellow spring/Yomi), and the Japanese translation also rendered these words as either Yomi or--using the same characters--pronounced it Kosen, following the Sino-Japanese reading of the term.
新約聖書中のギリシャ語「ハデス」、旧約聖書中のヘブライ語「シェオル」（enSheol）を中国語訳の聖書では「黄泉」と訳しており、日本語訳聖書もそれをひきつぎ「黄泉」・「よみ」あるいは音訳している。