鬼

Meaning

鬼 centers on supernatural, frightening beings: ghosts, demons, or devils. It carries a sense of something eerie, monstrous, or otherworldly.

• 鬼おに
  N3

  ogre; demon; oni

• 餓鬼がき

  brat; kid; urchin; little devil

• 吸血鬼きゅうけつき

  vampire; bloodsucker

• 鬼畜きちく

  brute; savage; fiend

• 鬼ごっこおにごっこ

  tag (children's game); tig

• 鬼門きもん

  the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; the demon's gate

• 疑心暗鬼ぎしんあんき

  suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

• 鬼女きじょ

  demoness; witch; ogress; she-devil

• 百鬼夜行ひゃっきやぎょう

  nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.

• 鬼頭おにがしら

  decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp

• 鬼ヶ島おにがしま

  Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)

• 鬼神きしん

  fierce god

• 神出鬼没しんしゅつきぼつ

  appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

• 天邪鬼あまのじゃく

  perversity; perverse person; contrary person; contrarian

• 悪鬼あっき

  evil spirit; demon; devil

• 鬼才きさい

  wizard; genius; remarkable talent; exceptional ability

• 又鬼またぎ

  traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi

• 幽鬼ゆうき

  ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

• 鬼気きき

  ghastly; dreadful

• 鬼子おにご

  child born with teeth

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