座敷童
Japanese
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Alternative forms
- 座敷童
Etymology
Compound of 座敷 (zashiki, “house; Japanese-style room”) + 童子 (warashi, “regional dialect term for 'child'”).
Pronunciation
- On'yomi + kan'yōyomi.
- IPA(key): /zaɕiki waɽaɕi/
Noun
座敷童 • (zashiki warashi)
- A kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house. Not malevolent, it brings good fortune to the house so haunted. Appears in folk tales told in northeast Japan, particularly Iwate Prefecture.
See also
座敷童 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja- Zashiki-warashi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
