Words — 62 found
おに
鬼
1. ogre; demon; oni
3. ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.)Only applies to おに
4. it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; chaser; tagger; tiggerOnly applies to おに, See also 鬼ごっこ おにごっこ
鬼 【き】
ぎしんあんき
疑心暗鬼
1. suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadowsAbbreviation, Yojijukugo (four character compound), See also 疑心暗鬼を生ず
がき
餓鬼
1. brat; kid; urchin; little devilUsually written using kana alone, Colloquial
- かれ彼
- は
- しょっちゅう
- ガキ
- なかま仲間
- と
- 街
- で
- たむろしている 。
2. preta; hungry ghostBuddhism, orig. meaning
ガキ
1. evil spirit; demon; devil
あまのじゃく
天邪鬼
1. perversity; perverse person; contrary person; contrarian
2. antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore
3. demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
天の邪鬼 【あまのじゃく】、天之邪鬼 【あまのじゃく】、天邪久 【あまのじゃく】、天邪鬼 【あまんじゃく】、天ん邪鬼 【あまんじゃく】
天之邪鬼: Rarely-used kanji form. 天邪久: Rarely-used kanji form.
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】
1. cruel creditor; bill collector
めかくおに
目隠し鬼
1. game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"
1. gods or demons that cause epidemics
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. ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
1. imp; elf; pixie; goblin; devilkin
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