口くち裂さけ女おんな

noun

slit-mouthed woman; malevolent folklore figure with a mouth sliced from ear to ear

A well-known figure from Japanese urban legends and folklore, often depicted as a woman who asks if she is beautiful before revealing her disfigured mouth.

• 口くち裂さけ女おんなは、夜よ道みちで「私わたし、きれい？」と尋たずねてくるという。

  The slit-mouthed woman is said to approach people on dark streets and ask, 'Am I beautiful?'