noun
man-eating fiend; demon; ogre
A literary or dramatic term for a fearsome, man-eating demon or ogre, often used in folklore, mythology, or figurative descriptions of cruel people.
昔話には悪鬼羅刹がよく登場する。
Man-eating fiends often appear in old tales.
彼は怒るとまるで悪鬼羅刹のようだ。
When he gets angry, he is like a demon.
Compound of 悪鬼 (evil demon) and 羅刹 (rakshasa, a man-eating demon from Buddhist mythology). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in classical and literary contexts to describe a fearsome, man-eating fiend.