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    3. 鬼

    鬼

    鬼おに

    ogre

    N3KMT7News #8+1CoreCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab10 strokes

    おにき

    Noun

    1.
    ogre, demon, oni
    2.
    spirit of a deceased person
    3.
    ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.)
    4.
    it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.)
    5.
    Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
    astronomy

    Prefix

    6.
    very, extremely, super-
    slang

    Stroke 0 / 10

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    鬼おには日に本ほんの昔むかし話ばなしによく出でてきます。

    Oni often appear in Japanese folktales.

    KMT5Culture & Traditions
    鬼おにごっこで、私わたしが鬼おにになった。

    In tag, I became 'it'.

    KMT6GamesDaily Life
    節せつ分ぶんには、鬼おには外そと、福ふくは内うちと言いって豆まめをまきます。

    On Setsubun, we throw beans saying 'Oni out, good luck in'.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきなお祭まつりでは、鬼おにの面めんをかぶった人ひとが現あらわれることがあります。

    At traditional Japanese festivals, people wearing oni masks sometimes appear.

    KMT7Culture & Traditions
    彼かれは仕し事ごとになると鬼おにのように厳つきびしい人ひとだ。

    He is a person as strict as an oni when it comes to work.

    KMT8Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    鬼
    おに・おに-…(1)
    ghost・devil
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