Word Meaning 鬼遣

おにやらい oniyarai

鬼遣 is read as おにやらい (oniyarai) and means driving out evil spirits (on New Year's eve).

Meaning

English

driving out evil spirits (on New Year's eve)

Reading

Kana

おにやらい

Romaji

oniyarai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 132015 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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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)

鬼百合

おにゆり

tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium)

鬼の首を取ったよう

おにのくびをとったよう

triumphant (over a mediocre achievement)