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：2026/01/09
半妖
Hiragana
はんよう
Noun
Japanese Meaning
人間と妖怪の両方の血を引く存在、またはそのような出自を持つ人物を指す名詞。しばしばフィクション作品で用いられ、人間と妖怪の性質・能力を併せ持つキャラクターを表す。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ようかいとにんげんのおやをもつひと。かたほうがようかいで、かたほうがにんげん。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
人与妖怪的混血者 / 拥有人类与妖怪双重血统的个体 / 半人半妖之人
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
妖怪與人類的混血者 / 半人半妖的存在
Korean Meaning
요괴와 인간의 혼혈인 존재 / 요괴와 인간 사이에서 태어난 사람
Indonesian
orang berdarah campuran yōkai dan manusia / hibrida yōkai-manusia / setengah yōkai (setengah manusia)
Vietnamese Meaning
người lai giữa yêu quái và con người / kẻ mang nửa dòng máu yêu quái, nửa dòng máu người / bán yêu (nửa yêu quái, nửa người)
Tagalog Meaning
kalahating yōkai, kalahating tao / mestisong nilalang ng yōkai at tao / taong may dugong halimaw at tao
Sense（1）
one who is of a mixed yōkai (妖怪; supernatural being/demon) and ningen (人間; human/mortal) heritage.
Sense（2）
(anime, manga) half-human, half-demon(?) characters; often due to one parent being human and the other being demon
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one who is of a mixed yōkai (妖怪; supernatural being/demon) and ningen (人間; human/mortal) heritage.
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半妖
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He is a half-yōkai, possessing characteristics of both humans and yōkai.
He is a half-yōkai, possessing characteristics of both humans and yōkai.
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彼は半妖で、人間と妖怪の両方の特性を持っています。
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