Word Meaning 妖怪
ようかい
youkai
妖怪 is read as ようかい (youkai) and means ghost.
Meaning
English
- ghost
- apparition
- phantom
- spectre
- specter
- demon
- monster
- goblin
Reading
Kana
ようかい
Romaji
youkai
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3日本の妖怪には色々な種類がある。
にほんのようかいにはいろいろなしゅるいがある。
There are various types of Japanese yokai.
妖怪なんているわけないじゃないか。バカだな。
Of course there's no such thing as yokai. You're such an idiot.
一匹の妖怪がヨーロッパを徘徊している。共産主義という妖怪が。
A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.
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