牛鬼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牛	鬼
うし Grade: 2	おに Grade: S
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
牛	鬼
ぎゅう Grade: 2	き Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From 牛 (“ox”) + 鬼 (“demon”).

Noun

牛鬼 (hiragana うしおに, rōmaji ushioni, alternative reading ぎゅうき, rōmaji gyūki)

An ushi-oni, an ox demon.

Derived terms

牛 (ぎゅう)鬼 (き)蛇 (だ)神 (しん) (gyūkidashin)

See also

妖怪 (ようかい) (yōkai)

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