しゅてんどうじ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しゅてんどうじ – see the following entry.

【酒呑童子】 [proper noun] (mythology, Japanese mythology) an 鬼 (oni, “ogre; demon”) who dwelled in 大江山 (Ōeyama, “Mount Ōe”) and kidnapped women and children and stole money in the city Alternative spellings 酒顛童子, 酒天童子

(This term, しゅてんどうじ (shutendōji), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)