yokai
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- noun
- /joʊˈkaɪ/
- Literature
- Children love the stories about a yokai that plays tricks and causes harmless mischief.
Examples
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In Japanese folklore, a yokai is often portrayed as a mischievous spirit that can shapeshift.
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Though, as I already mentioned, the art is largely by-the-numbers, the Yokai themselves look great.
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She keeps insisting that her main character, Natsume, has led a life of loneliness because he can see Yokai and no one else can.
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As always, it's a celebration of everyone's favorite cucumber-eating, sumo-wrestling, anus-attacking, water-dwelling yokai from Japanese folklore.
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Legend has it that a yokai can sometimes be warded off by placing cucumbers at your doorstep.
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yokai comes from the Japanese parts yō ('mysterious') and kai ('strange thing'). So a yokai is a 'mysterious' or 'strange' creature in stories, often a spirit or trickster that can change shape.