オーガ

also: オーガー

Meanings

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ogre

A loanword from English, used in fantasy contexts to refer to a large, brutish humanoid monster. Often appears in games, light novels, and manga.

そのゲームでは、オーガは洞どう窟くつの奥おくに住すんでいる。
In that game, the ogre lives deep in the cave.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉にオーガが出しゅつ現げんするan ogre appears in a place
洞どう窟くつの奥おくにオーガが出しゅつ現げんした。
An ogre appeared deep in the cave.
オーガを倒たおすto defeat an ogre
勇ゆう者しゃは苦く戦せんしながらオーガを倒たおした。
The hero struggled but managed to defeat the ogre.

Related words

鬼おにN3
鬼 is the traditional Japanese folklore demon with horns and a club, while オーガ is the Western fantasy monster term used in games and light novels.

Don't confuse with

トロール
トロール is a similarly brutish fantasy creature from Norse-derived lore, but it's typically depicted as dumber and more monstrous than an オーガ, which is closer to a large humanoid warrior.

Counted with

体たい
body; physique; posture · shape; form; style · substance; identity; reality · field (mathematics) · counter for humanoid forms (dolls, statues, corpses, etc.) · typeface; type

Written forms

オーガUsage59%
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'ogre'.
オーガーUsage41%
Variant katakana spelling with long vowel; less common than オーガ.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'ogre'.