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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries妖怪
Pronunciation / Transliteration: yāoguài
"妖怪是日本民间传说中的超自然生物。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A class of supernatural monsters, spirits, and demons in Japanese folklore.
"Traditional Japanese ghost stories often feature various yokai haunting old abandoned temples and mountain passes." - 2
Any strange, inexplicable phenomenon or mysterious creature in traditional cultural contexts.
"The villagers blamed the unexplained strange sounds in the forest on a mischievous yokai."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Japanese yōkai (妖怪), combining 'yo' (attractive, bewitching, or calamity) and 'kai' (apparition, mystery, or suspicious). Historically documented in Japanese folklore and Edo-period encyclopedias to categorize supernatural spirits, monsters, and anomalies in Japanese mythology.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Yokai" is said worldwide
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yōkai
Transliteration: yōkai
"Les yōkai sont des créatures fantastiques du folklore japonais."
Yōkai
Transliteration: Yōkai
"Yōkai sind Geistwesen und Dämonen in der japanischen Mythologie."
yōkai
Transliteration: yōkai
"Gli yōkai fanno parte della ricca tradizione del folklore giapponese."
yōkai
Transliteration: yōkai
"Los yōkai son espíritus y monstruos en el folclore japonés."
yōkai
Transliteration: yōkai
"Os yōkai são criaturas sobrenaturais do folclore japonês."
योकाई
Transliteration: yokai
"जापानी लोककथाओं में योकाई अलौकिक जीव होते हैं।"
妖怪
Transliteration: yāoguài
"妖怪是日本民间传说中的超自然生物。"
요괴
Transliteration: yogoe
"요괴는 일본의 민담과 전설에 등장하는 초자연적 존재이다."
妖怪
Transliteration: yōkai
"日本の伝承には様々な妖怪が登場します。"
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