妖よう怪かい変へん化げ

noun

monstrous apparition; terrifying creature; incomprehensible horror

A yojijukugo referring to a bizarre, monstrous being or a terrifying, otherworldly phenomenon. Often used in folklore or to describe something shockingly grotesque.

• その古ふるい寺でらには妖よう怪かい変へん化げが出でるという噂うわさがある。

  There is a rumor that a monstrous apparition appears at that old temple.

• 彼かれの描えがく絵えはまるで妖よう怪かい変へん化げのように不ぶ気き味みだ。

  The pictures he draws are eerie, just like some incomprehensible horror.