人じん面めん瘡そう

noun

mythological growth shaped like a human face

Refers to a legendary tumor or growth that takes the form of a human face, appearing in Japanese folklore and ghost stories.

• 人じん面めん瘡そうは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの怪かい談だんによく登とう場じょうする。

  The human-faced tumor often appears in ghost stories from the Edo period.

• 彼かれは人じん面めん瘡そうに悩なやまされる話はなしを読よんで怖こわくなった。

  He got scared after reading a story about someone tormented by a human-faced growth.