monster

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈmɒnstə(ɹ)/

Noun

archaic figuratively informal

A terrifying and dangerous creature. / A bizarre or whimsical creature. / A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal. / (medicine, archaic) A severely deformed person.

Japanese Meaning

恐ろしく危険な生き物 / 奇妙または風変わりな生き物 / 残虐で非情な人、特に犯罪者 / （医学的、または古語的な意味で）重度に奇形の人

What is this buttons?

The monster lurked beneath the bridge, waiting for anyone foolish enough to cross.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

橋の下に怪物が潜んでいて、渡ってくる愚かな人を待ち構えていた。

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Sense（1）

A terrifying and dangerous creature.

O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,/ to make an earthquake.

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Sense（2）

A bizarre or whimsical creature.

The children decided Grover was a cuddly monster.

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Sense（3）

A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.

Get away from those children, you meatheaded monster!

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Sense（4）

(medicine, archaic) A severely deformed person.

Deducting then these cases, we have a large proportion of imperfect foetuses, which belonged to twin conceptions, and in which, therefore, the circulation of the monster may have essentially depended on that of the sound child.

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