Word Meaning 怪物

かいぶつ kaibutsu

怪物 is read as かいぶつ (kaibutsu) and means monster.

Meaning

English

  1. monster

Reading

Kana

かいぶつ

Romaji

kaibutsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 16291 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

怪人物

かいじんぶつ

mysterious person

怪談物

かいだんもの

ghost story

怪奇物語り

かいきものがたり

mystery story

物怪の幸い

もっけのさいわい

windfall

物怪

もけ

unexpected

物の怪

もののけ

(vengeful) ghost

怪我

けが

injury

怪しい

あやしい

suspicious (of a potential amorous relation)

怪奇

かいき

grotesque

怪しむ

あやしむ

to suspect

怪談

かいだん

ghost story

怪獣

かいじゅう

monster

Example Sentences

8

やまのなかにきょだいなかいぶつがあらわれた。

A giant monster appeared in the mountains.

A hideous monster used to live there.

It's true that he saw a monster.

Monsters live in fear of a Tom under their bed.

A monster was believed to live in the cave.

A monster lay on a rock near the top of the mountain.

In high school he was called a "monster" and was even highly thought of by recruiters.

When I was a child, I didn't think that monsters were that scary.