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鬼 kanji
ghost, devil
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
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Kun readings
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Words with 鬼
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —疫鬼gods or demons that cause epidemics
- —鬼胎anxiety; concern; (secret) fear; (hydatidiform) mole
- —色鬼sex maniac; seducer; libertine; Lothario; rake
- —神鬼gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead; one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans; fierce god
- —妖鬼ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin
- —鬼簿death register; necrology
- —窮鬼god of poverty; vengeful spirit
- —鬼手unusual move that catches the opponent by surprise (in go, shogi, etc.)
- —屍鬼vetala; corpse demon; corpse ghost; ghoul
- —殺鬼demon; man-slaying ogre; impermanence; transiency
- —豪鬼Akuma (Street Fighter)
- —剣鬼Sword Devil (collection of short stories by Renzaburō Shibata and 1965 film)
- —鬼滅Demon Slayer (abbr)
- —鬼道hungry ghost realm; preta realm; magic; sorcery
- —餓鬼道hungry ghost (preta) realm
- —殺人鬼bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
- —裏鬼門unlucky quarter (southwest)
- —施餓鬼service for the benefit of suffering spirits
- —鬼宿日"day of the ghost" (an extremely auspicious day on the lunar calendar for everything but weddings)
- —紺青鬼navy blue demon residing in hell