Words — 48 found
にっぽんみんぞくけいざいがっかい
日本民俗経済学会
1. Japan Folklore Economics AssociationOrganization name
2. Japan Folklore Economics Association
1. conveying (an intention, meaning, etc.); communicating; getting across; telling; transmitting
2. (verbal) message; word (from someone)
3. tradition; folklore; legend
なまはげ
生剥
1. namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)Usually written using kana alone
ナマハゲ
ふたくちおんな
二口女
1. futakuchi-onna; two-mouthed woman; folklore monster that takes the form of a woman with an additional mouth on the back of her head, hidden underneath her hair
くちさおんな
口裂け女
1. slit-mouthed woman; malevolent folklore woman with her mouth sliced open from ear to ear
キョンシー
僵屍
1. jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folkloreUsually written using kana alone, From Chinese “goeng-si”
殭屍 【キョンシー】
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.
ケサランパサラン
1. flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness
2. animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball
ケセランパセラン、ケセランパサラン、テンサラバサラ
くび
ろくろ首
1. rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
轆轤首 【ろくろくび】
さいほう
採訪
1. research visit; visit to collect data (esp. historical, folklore, etc.)
採訪 【さいぼう】
こなじじい
子泣き爺
1. Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
子啼爺 【こなきじじい】、子なき爺 【こなきじじい】、子泣きじじい 【こなきじじい】
くび
ろくろっ首
1. rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)See also ろくろ首
轆轤っ首 【ろくろっくび】
轆轤っ首: Rarely-used kanji form.
りろうめい
離婁の明
1. keen eyesight; the eyesight of Lilou (character with superior eyesight in ancient Chinese folklore)Archaic, Idiomatic expression