鬼おに火び

noun

will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus

A mysterious, floating flame often seen in folklore, typically in wetlands or graveyards. Sometimes associated with spirits or supernatural phenomena.

• 夜よるの墓ぼ地ちで鬼おに火びを見みたという話はなしを聞きいた。

  I heard a story about seeing a will-o'-the-wisp in a graveyard at night.

• 鬼おに火びは科か学がく的てきには自し然ぜん発はっ火か現げん象しょうと説せつ明めいされることがある。

  Will-o'-the-wisps are sometimes scientifically explained as spontaneous combustion phenomena.