yokai

See also: yōkai

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese 妖怪 (yōkai, “ghost, phantom”).

Noun

yokai (plural yokai or yokais)

  1. (folklore, Japanese mythology) Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in Japanese folklore.
    • 2021, Larry Correia, chapter 6, in Monster Hunter Bloodlines (Monster Hunters International; 9), Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN:
      Earl didn’t know all the details about what that type of yokais’ powers were, her mother kept the family secrets close to the vest, and he knew even less about which of those powers had gotten passed onto her half-human offspring.

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Aneme Wake

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jokɑi/

Noun

yokai

  1. fish

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -okai
  • Syllabification: yo‧kai

Noun

yokai m (plural yokai)

  1. (folklore, Japanese mythology) yokai
    Synonym: mononoke
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