"妖怪" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [jo̞ːka̠i]
Etymology: */ɨeu kʷæi/ → /jeukʷai/ → /joːkai/ From Middle Chinese compound 妖怪 (MC 'jew kweajH, literally “strange, supernatural + extraordinary”). Compare modern Mandarin 妖怪 (yāoguài). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|*/ɨeu kʷæi/}} */ɨeu kʷæi/, {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ようかい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|妖怪|lit=strange, supernatural + extraordinary}} 妖怪 (MC 'jew kweajH, literally “strange, supernatural + extraordinary”), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|妖怪}} 妖怪 (yāoguài) Head templates: {{ja-adj|ようかい|hhira=えうくわい|infl=na}} 妖(よう)怪(かい) • (yōkai) ^(←えうくわい (eukwai)?)-na (adnominal 妖(よう)怪(かい)な (yōkai na), adverbial 妖(よう)怪(かい)に (yōkai ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=ようかい|lemma=妖怪|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 妖怪 [canonical] (ruby: (よう), (かい)), yōkai [romanization], eukwai [romanization], 妖怪な [adnominal] (ruby: (よう), (かい)), 妖怪に [adverbial] (ruby: (よう), (かい)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 妖怪だろ [imperfective, stem], ようかいだろ [imperfective, stem], yōkai daro [imperfective], 妖怪で [continuative, stem], ようかいで [continuative, stem], yōkai de [continuative], 妖怪だ [stem, terminative], ようかいだ [stem, terminative], yōkai da [terminative], 妖怪な [attributive, stem], ようかいな [attributive, stem], yōkai na [attributive], 妖怪なら [hypothetical, stem], ようかいなら [hypothetical, stem], yōkai nara [hypothetical], 妖怪であれ [imperative, stem], ようかいであれ [imperative, stem], yōkai de are [imperative], 妖怪ではない [informal, negative], 妖怪じゃない [informal, negative], ようかいではない [informal, negative], ようかいじゃない [informal, negative], yōkai de wa nai [informal, negative], yōkai ja nai [informal, negative], 妖怪だった [informal, past], ようかいだった [informal, past], yōkai datta [informal, past], 妖怪ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 妖怪じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], ようかいではなかった [informal, negative, past], ようかいじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], yōkai de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], yōkai ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 妖怪です [formal], ようかいです [formal], yōkai desu [formal], 妖怪ではありません [formal, negative], 妖怪じゃありません [formal, negative], ようかいではありません [formal, negative], ようかいじゃありません [formal, negative], yōkai de wa arimasen [formal, negative], yōkai ja arimasen [formal, negative], 妖怪でした [formal, past], ようかいでした [formal, past], yōkai deshita [formal, past], 妖怪ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 妖怪じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], ようかいではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], ようかいじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], yōkai de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], yōkai ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 妖怪で [conjunctive], ようかいで [conjunctive], yōkai de [conjunctive], 妖怪なら(ば) [conditional], ようかいなら(ば) [conditional], yōkai nara (ba) [conditional], 妖怪だったら [conditional, past], ようかいだったら [conditional, past], yōkai dattara [conditional, past], 妖怪だろう [volitional], ようかいだろう [volitional], yōkai darō [volitional], 妖怪に [adverbial], ようかいに [adverbial], yōkai ni [adverbial], 妖怪さ [noun-from-adj], ようかいさ [noun-from-adj], yōkaisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (dated) creepy, spooky, ghastly, perilous Tags: dated Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-妖怪-ja-adj-4wZd0aZ5 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 58 42 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 60 40

Noun

IPA: [jo̞ːka̠i] Forms: 妖怪 [canonical] (ruby: (よう), (かい)), yōkai [romanization], eukwai [romanization], えうくわい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: */ɨeu kʷæi/ → /jeukʷai/ → /joːkai/ From Middle Chinese compound 妖怪 (MC 'jew kweajH, literally “strange, supernatural + extraordinary”). Compare modern Mandarin 妖怪 (yāoguài). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|*/ɨeu kʷæi/}} */ɨeu kʷæi/, {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ようかい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|妖怪|lit=strange, supernatural + extraordinary}} 妖怪 (MC 'jew kweajH, literally “strange, supernatural + extraordinary”), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|妖怪}} 妖怪 (yāoguài) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ようかい|hhira=えうくわい}} 妖(よう)怪(かい) • (yōkai) ^(←えうくわい (eukwai)?)
  1. yokai: supernatural being, monster, apparition, goblin Synonyms (monster): 怪物 (kaibutsu), 魔物 (mamono) Synonyms (supernatural being): 妖魔 (yōma) (ruby: 妖魔(ようま)) Derived forms: 妖怪変化 (yōkai henge) (ruby: 妖怪変化(ようかいへんげ)) (english: monstrous apparition)
    Sense id: en-妖怪-ja-noun-8EbE4j3a

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      "form": "yōkai ja nai",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "negative"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "yōkai ja arimasen",
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      "form": "妖怪で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "ようかいで",
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    {
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    {
      "form": "yōkai dattara",
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    {
      "form": "妖怪だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ようかいだろう",
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    },
    {
      "form": "yōkai darō",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "妖怪に",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "ようかいに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "yōkai ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "妖怪さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ようかいさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
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        "imperfective": ". だろ",
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          "ghastly",
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        ],
        [
          "perilous",
          "perilous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) creepy, spooky, ghastly, perilous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "よーかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jo̞ːka̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Yōkai",
    "ja:妖怪"
  ],
  "word": "妖怪"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "ja:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "monstrous apparition",
      "roman": "yōkai henge",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "妖怪変化",
          "ようかいへんげ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "妖怪変化"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*/ɨeu kʷæi/"
      },
      "expansion": "*/ɨeu kʷæi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "ようかい"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "妖怪",
        "lit": "strange, supernatural + extraordinary"
      },
      "expansion": "妖怪 (MC 'jew kweajH, literally “strange, supernatural + extraordinary”)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cmn",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandarin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "妖怪"
      },
      "expansion": "妖怪 (yāoguài)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "*/ɨeu kʷæi/ → /jeukʷai/ → /joːkai/\nFrom Middle Chinese compound 妖怪 (MC 'jew kweajH, literally “strange, supernatural + extraordinary”).\nCompare modern Mandarin 妖怪 (yāoguài).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "妖怪",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "妖",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "怪",
          "かい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yōkai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eukwai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "えうくわい",
      "roman": "eukwai",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ようかい",
        "hhira": "えうくわい"
      },
      "expansion": "妖(よう)怪(かい) • (yōkai) ^(←えうくわい (eukwai)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "yokai: supernatural being, monster, apparition, goblin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yokai",
          "yokai"
        ],
        [
          "supernatural",
          "supernatural"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ],
        [
          "apparition",
          "apparition"
        ],
        [
          "goblin",
          "goblin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "よーかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jo̞ːka̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yōma",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "妖魔",
          "ようま"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "supernatural being",
      "word": "妖魔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaibutsu",
      "sense": "monster",
      "word": "怪物"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mamono",
      "sense": "monster",
      "word": "魔物"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Yōkai",
    "ja:妖怪"
  ],
  "word": "妖怪"
}

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