Words — 59 found
かくおに
隠れ鬼
1. hide-and-seek and tag; children's game where the participants first hide, then run away from the seeker
1. ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin
1. red-horned demon; red ogre
1. imp; elf; pixie; goblin; devilkin
1. devil; imp; evil spirit
1. cruel creditor; bill collector
1. ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
めかくおに
目隠し鬼
1. game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"
かわせがき
川施餓鬼
1. Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
いいきき
異域の鬼
1. person who died outside of their homeland; ghost in a foreign landIdiomatic expression
異域の鬼 【いいきのおに】、異域之鬼 【いいきのき】、異域之鬼 【いいきのおに】
ざんき
慙愧
1. (feeling of) shame
慙愧 【ざんぎ】、慚愧 【ざんき】、慚愧 【ざんぎ】
ざんぎ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. ざんぎ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
1. Akuma (Street Fighter)Character
しほとけなじおに
知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼
1. better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don'tProverb
1. skilled mahjong playerMahjong
しかみなじおに
知らぬ神より馴染みの鬼
1. better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the god you don'tProverb, See also 知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼
またぎ
又鬼
1. traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagiUsually written using kana alone
又鬼 【まとぎ】、マタギ