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猫又
ねこまた
Nouns
nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai · giant mountain beast
海坊主
うみぼうず
Nouns
umibōzu; sea yōkai; sea monster · green turtle
八咫烏
やたがらす
Nouns
Yatagarasu; mythical crow that guided Emperor Jimmu · three-legged crow of the sun; mythical sun crow
蛟
みずち
Nouns
mizuchi; mythical water dragon
九頭竜
くずりゅう
Nouns
nine-headed dragon
五瀬命
いつせのみこと
Nouns
Itsuse no Mikoto
八十禍津日神
やそまがつひのかみ
Nouns
god of evil; god of many disasters
八咫の烏
やたのからす
Nouns
Yatagarasu; mythical raven who guided Emperor Jimmu · three-legged crow of the sun; solar crow
八坂刀売神
やさかとめのかみ
Nouns
Yasakatome; consort of Takeminakata
因幡の白兎
いなばのしろうさぎ
Expressions
White Hare of Inaba
国生み
くにうみ
Nouns
creation of Japan; birthing of the land
塗仏
ぬりぼとけ
Nouns
nuribotoke; corpse-like monster with dangling eyeballs
オオナマズ
おおなまず
Nouns
ōnamazu; giant catfish thought to cause earthquakes
天孫降臨
てんそんこうりん
Nouns
descent of the heavenly grandchild
始馭天下之天皇
はつくにしらすすめらみこと
Nouns
first emperor to rule the land
オノゴロ島
おのごろじま
Nouns
Onogoro Island; Onokoro Island · Japan
建御名方神
たけみなかたのかみ
Nouns
Takeminakata; Takeminakatatomi
御肇国天皇
はつくにしらすすめらみこと
Nouns
first emperor to rule the land (title of Emperor Sujin)
ぬらりひょん
Nouns
nurarihyon; elusive yōkai resembling an old man with an elongated head
牛鬼
うしおに
Nouns
ushi-oni; ox-headed monster
琵琶牧々
びわぼくぼく
Nouns
biwa-bokuboku; yōkai with a biwa head
目目連
もくもくれん
Nouns
mokumokuren; yōkai appearing as rows of eyes on shōji
禍津日
まがつひ
Nouns
god of calamities · evil gods (causing sin, etc.)
禍津日神
まがつひのかみ
Nouns
god of calamities · evil gods (causing sin)
葦原中国
あしはらのなかつくに
Nouns
Japan (archaic, mythological)
虬竜
きゅうりょう
Nouns
mizuchi; horned dragon-like water beast
蛟竜
こうりょう
Nouns
mizuchi; mythical water dragon · unrecognized genius; hidden talent
輪入道
わにゅうどう
Nouns
wanyūdō; firewheel; soultaker
飛縁魔
ひのえんま
Nouns
Hinoenma; seductive female yōkai
鬼熊
おにくま
Nouns
onikuma; demon bear
ヨモツシコメ
よもつしこめ
Nouns
demoness of the underworld; hag of Yomi
神代
かみよ
Nouns
time before Emperor Jimmu's ascension · age of the gods; mythological age; ancient time
月読
つくよみ
Nouns
Tsukuyomi; god of the moon · moon (poetic)
のっぺらぼう
Other
noppera-bō; faceless ghost · flat and smooth; featureless · unchanging; monotonous; expressionless
女郎蜘蛛
じょろうぐも
Nouns
spider yōkai; Jorōgumo · Jorō spider; Trichonephila clavata
塗り壁
ぬりかべ
Nouns
Nurikabe (yōkai); invisible wall yōkai · plaster wall; mortar-covered wall
髪切り
かみきり
Nouns
kamikiri (mythical creature that cuts hair) · haircutting; hair cutter · prostitute cutting a customer's hair to show genuine feelings · long-horned beetle
