がしゃどくろ

noun

gashadokuro; giant skeleton yōkai

A mythical creature from Japanese folklore: a giant skeleton formed from the bones of people who died of starvation. Often depicted as towering and malevolent.

• がしゃどくろは、飢き饉きんで亡なくなった人ひと々びとの骨ほねが集あつまってできた妖よう怪かいだと言いわれている。

  The gashadokuro is said to be a yōkai formed from the gathered bones of people who died in famine.

• 夜よ中なかにがしゃどくろの絵えを見みると、とても怖こわい。

  Looking at a picture of a gashadokuro late at night is really scary.