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    3. 子泣き爺

    子泣き爺

    子こ泣なき​爺じじい

    Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab28 strokes

    子啼爺子なき爺子泣きじじい

    こなきじじい

    Noun

    1.
    Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

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    Characters that make up this word

    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    泣
    な.く…(1)
    cry・weep・moan
    Kanji
    爺
    じい・じじい・おやじ・じじ・ちち…(1)
    old man・grampa
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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