Word Meaning 鬼退治

おにたいじ onitaiji

鬼退治 is read as おにたいじ (onitaiji) and means chasing out ogres.

Meaning

English

  1. chasing out ogres
  2. exterminating ogres

Reading

Kana

おにたいじ

Romaji

onitaiji

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 93387 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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退治

たいじ

curing illness

退治る

たいじる

to exterminate

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)