Word Meaning 鬼になる

おにになる onininaru

鬼になる is read as おにになる (onininaru) and means to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.).

Meaning

English

to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
to harden one's heart
to steel oneself
to be ruthless

Reading

Kana

おにになる

Romaji

onininaru

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 141797 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

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ききせまる

to be bloodcurdling

鬼籍に入る

きせきにいる

to pass away

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

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

鬼も十八

おにもじゅうはち

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼金目

おにきんめ

common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)