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    3. 妖怪

    妖怪

    妖よう怪かい

    ghost

    KMT9News #19+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ようかい

    Noun

    1.
    ghost, apparition, phantom, spectre, specter, demon, monster, goblin, yōkai

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    日に本ほんにはたくさんの妖よう怪かいの話はなしがある。

    There are many stories of yōkai in Japan.

    KMT7Culture & Traditions
    昔むかしの人ひとは、自し然ぜん現げん象しょうを妖よう怪かいの仕し業わざだと考 えていた。

    People in ancient times thought natural phenomena were the work of yōkai.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistory
    ゲゲゲの鬼き太た郎ろうは有ゆう名めいな妖よう怪かいアニメだ。

    GeGeGe no Kitaro is a famous yōkai anime.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsAnime & Manga
    妖よう怪かいは日に本ほんの芸げい術じゅつや文ぶん学がくに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえてきた。

    Yōkai have had a great influence on Japanese art and literature.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignLiterature
    彼かれは日に本ほんの民みん間かん伝でん承しょうにおける妖よう怪かいの役やく割わりについて研けん究きゅうしている。

    He is researching the role of yōkai in Japanese folklore.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    妖
    あや.しい・なま.めく・わざわ.い…(1)
    attractive・bewitching・calamity
    怪
    あや.しい・あや.しむ…(2)
    suspicious・mystery・apparition
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