座敷童
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 座 | 敷 | 童 |
| ざ Grade: 6 |
しき Grade: S |
わらし Grade: 3 |
| goon | kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 座敷童子 |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 座敷 (zashiki, “house; Japanese-style parlor”) + 童 (warashi, “child”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
座敷童 • (zashiki warashi)
- (Japanese mythology, Tōhoku) a kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house, generally not malevolent, and thought to bring good fortune to the house
See also[edit]
座敷童 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja- Zashiki-warashi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 座 read as ざ
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- ja:Japanese mythology
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