Word Meaning 神出鬼没

しんしゅつきぼつ shinshutsukibotsu

神出鬼没 is read as しんしゅつきぼつ (shinshutsukibotsu) and means appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments.

Meaning

English

  1. appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments
  2. elusive
  3. phantom

Reading

Kana

しんしゅつきぼつ

Romaji

shinshutsukibotsu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Yojijukugo Rank 139941 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

神算鬼謀

しんさんきぼう

inscrutable stratagem

神鬼

しんき

fierce god

出没

しゅつぼつ

making frequent appearances

変幻出没

へんげんしゅつぼつ

being protean and elusive

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

出没自在

しゅつぼつじざい

appearing and disappearing at will

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

熊出没注意

くましゅつぼつちゅうい

Watch out for bears

鬼の女房に鬼神

おにのにょうぼうにきじん

a horrible man will find a horrible wife