醜女
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 醜 | 女 |
Etymology [edit]
Compound of shiko (“fierce, strong”) and me (“woman”).
Noun [edit]
醜女 (hiragana しこめ, romaji shikome)
- a ugly demon-woman or hag from the underworld
- 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 44-45)
- 醜女 日本紀私紀云、醜女、志古女、欽明或説黄泉之鬼也、今世人爲恐小兒稱許々女者此語之訛也。
- 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 44-45)
References [edit]
- 1968 May 19 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:
