Moto 鬼: Ghost; DevilKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キ
- Kun'yomi
- おに、おに-
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 168 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キ)
- 吸血鬼きゅうけつきvampire; bloodsucker
- 疑心暗鬼ぎしんあんきsuspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious
- 鬼子母神きしもじんHariti (goddess of childbirth and children)
- 鬼才きさいwizard; genius
- 鬼気ききghastly; dreadful
- 鬼神きしんfierce god
- 鬼門きもんthe northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided
- 債鬼さいきcruel creditor; bill collector
- 剣鬼けんきdevilish swordsman
- 又鬼またぎtraditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi
- 墨は餓鬼に磨らせ筆は鬼に持たせよすみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよgrind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush
- 妖鬼ようきghost; apparition
- 川施餓鬼かわせがきBuddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
- 幽鬼ゆうきghost; revenant
- 悪鬼あっきevil spirit; demon
- 悪鬼羅刹あっきらせつman-eating fiend
- 斬鬼ざんき(feeling of) shame
- 断じて行えば鬼神も之を避くだんじておこなえばきしんもこれをさくwhere there's a will, there's a way
- 施餓鬼せがきservice for the benefit of suffering spirits
- 殺人鬼さつじんきbloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer
- 点鬼簿てんきぼdeath register; necrology
- 牛鬼蛇神ぎゅうきだしんwicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
- 疑心暗鬼を生ずぎしんあんきをしょうずsuspicion begets monsters
- 疫鬼えききgods or demons that cause epidemics
- 百鬼夜行ひゃっきやぎょうnightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.
- 神出鬼没しんしゅつきぼつappearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive
- 神算鬼謀しんさんきぼうinscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
- 神鬼しんきgods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead
- 窮鬼きゅうきgod of poverty
- 糞餓鬼くそがきstupid brat; son of a bitch
- 紺青鬼こんじょうきnavy blue demon residing in hell
- 胞状鬼胎ほうじょうきたいhydatidiform mole
- 胡鬼の子こぎのこBuckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)
- 胡鬼板こぎいたbattledore; hagoita
- 色鬼しききsex maniac; seducer
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 鬼おにogre; demon
- いろ鬼いろおにcolor tag (children's game)
- こおり鬼こおりおにfreeze tag (children's game)
- 仕事の鬼しごとのおにwork fiend; devil for work
- 凍り鬼こおりおにfreeze tag (children's game)
- 地獄にも鬼ばかりではないじごくにもおにばかりではないyou can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogre
- 大鬼蓮おおおにばすroyal water lily; water platter
- 小鬼こおにimp; elf
- 心を鬼にするこころをおににするto harden one's heart
- 来年の事を言うと鬼が笑うらいねんのことをいうとおにがわらうnobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh
- 氷鬼こおりおにfreeze tag (children's game)
- 渡る世間に鬼はないわたるせけんにおにはないall people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone
- 渡る世間に鬼は無いわたるせけんにおにはないall people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone
- 白鬼茸しろおにたけfalse virgin's lepidella (Amanita virgineoides)
- 目隠し鬼めかくしおにgame of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"
- 知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼しらぬほとけよりなじみのおにbetter the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't
- 知らぬ神より馴染みの鬼しらぬかみよりなじみのおにbetter the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the god you don't
Other readings
- 墨は餓鬼に磨らせ、筆は鬼に持たせよすみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよgrind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush
- 天の邪鬼あまのじゃくperversity; perverse person
- 天ん邪鬼あまのじゃくperversity; perverse person
- 天之邪鬼あまのじゃくperversity; perverse person
- 天邪鬼あまのじゃくperversity; perverse person
- 恐れ入谷の鬼子母神おそれいりやのきしぼじんsorry; beg pardon
- 悪餓鬼わるガキbrat
- 明日の事を言えば鬼が笑うあすのことをいえばおにがわらうnobody knows the morrow; speak of tomorrow and the ogres laugh
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