子泣き爺
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editKanji in this term | ||
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子 | 泣 | 爺 |
こ Grade: 1 |
な Grade: 4 |
じじい Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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児啼爺 |
Compound of 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jijī, “old man”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit子泣き爺 • (konakijijī)
- (Japanese folklore) Shapeshifting monster, 妖怪 (yōkai), which for a ruse takes the form of either a helpless baby or tiny old man, crying near woodland trails and crushes passersby who stop to help as it transforms to devour them.
Etymology 2
editKanji in this term | ||
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子 | 泣 | 爺 |
こ Grade: 1 |
な Grade: 4 |
じじ Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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児啼爺 |
Compound of 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jiji, “old man”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit子泣き爺 • (konakijiji)
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 子 read as こ
- Japanese terms spelled with 泣 read as な
- Japanese terms spelled with 爺 read as じじい
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with 爺 read as じじ
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