Word Meaning 妖怪

ようかい youkai

妖怪 is read as ようかい (youkai) and means ghost.

Meaning

English

  1. ghost
  2. apparition
  3. phantom
  4. spectre
  5. specter
  6. demon
  7. monster
  8. goblin

Reading

Kana

ようかい

Romaji

youkai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Related Words 幽霊,悪霊,お化け,怨霊,亡霊,生霊,ゴースト,物の怪 Rank 24240 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

妖怪道中記

ようかいどうちゅうき

Yokai Dochuki (video game)

妖怪変化

ようかいへんげ

(animal making a) monstrous apparition

狐狸妖怪

こりようかい

tricksters

妖精

ようせい

fairy

妖艶

ようえん

fascinating

奇怪

きかい

strange

かい

mystery

夜道怪

やどうかい

folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people

怪中の怪

かいちゅうのかい

mystery of mysteries

女怪

じょかい

female ghost

物怪

もけ

unexpected

物の怪

もののけ

(vengeful) ghost

Example Sentences

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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.

Of course there's no such thing as yokai. You're such an idiot.

A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.