Source Word
天邪鬼
Hiragana
あまのじゃく
Noun
Japanese Meaning
日本の伝承や昔話などに登場する妖怪・鬼の一種で、人の言うことにわざと逆らったり、意地悪をしたりする存在 / 転じて、人の言うことにことごとく逆らったり、ひねくれて受け取ったりする性格・態度の人をからかって言う語
Easy Japanese Meaning
人のいうことにわざとさからう性格の悪いようかいのかみさまやおに
Sense(1)
a kind of oni that appears in various folktales as the bad guy, who deliberately goes against what people say
Sense(2)
someone with a personality or behavior reminiscent of the folktale character: a crank, a perverse person
Sense(3)
(Buddhism) in Buddhist statuary, the small devil or demon being trampled under the feet of a 仁王 (Niō, “Deva king”) or one of the 四天王 (Shitennō, “four Deva warriors”)
Sense(4)
(Buddhism) in Buddhist statuary, the devil or demon face on the breastplate of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa”)
Sense(5)
a grub (insect larva)
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